books

The Eternity of Return

Payal Dhar

Tishani Doshi’s new novel bristles with an edgy restlessness

The Liberal Crack-Up

Siddharth Singh

The historic blunder of not listening

Defend Assange to Save Journalism

Ullekh NP

If you don’t defend Assange now, your ability to know the truth in the future will be badly hit, says Dr Suelette Dreyfus, the co-author of Underground

Anita Anand: Beyond Myth and Misunderstanding

Nandini Nair

Anita Anand creates a compelling portrait of Udham Singh, the avenger of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The author in conversation with Nandini Nair

Beastly Tales

Ranjit Lal

A fascinating study of human and animal relationships in the foothills of India

HM Naqvi: Karachi on his Mind

Urvashi Bahuguna

HM Naqvi captures the dilapidations of age and a city in his new novel

Icons Must Fall

Vineetha Mokkil

Paul Zacharia’s first novel in English is a roller-coaster ride of ideas

Many Faces of the Massacre

Open

Saurav Dutt, author and political analyst, is out with a new work Garden of Bullets. He writes about the importance of revisiting the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on its 100th anniversary

Mumbai Notebook

Anil Dharker

City's open spaces and Raghuram Rajan’s new book

Sabyn Javeri: Inside the Veil

Shikha Kumar

The Pakistani author Sabyn Javeri talks about the politics of the hijab and the role of writers in divided societies in a conversation with Shikha Kumar