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literature

Lost in the City

Madhavankutty Pillai

The sequel to Shantaram is irredeemably caught between pulp and literary

Let There Not Be Light

The dark formalism and plaintive elegance of Vikram Seth’s poetry

Falling Leaves

Can tea survive coffee in India?

Slapdash Sexuality

A thoughtless potboiler of a novel that doesn’t ask moral questions of its characters

To Break an Absurd Record

Two friends take a leap of faith in this fictionalised memoir

Director’s Cut

This reassessment of Hrishikesh Mukherjee will inspire you to binge on his ever-relevant movies

In the Land of Blue Hills

This collection of stories brings out the enchantments of a faraway cultural zone

Redeeming the Historian From History

The much-misunderstood Sir Jadunath Sarkar gets his due—finally

Passion Play

Anand Ranganathan’s latest novel is a gripping tale of love and war set in the backdrop of the Mizo insurgency

Humanist at Home

Sunjeev Sahota’s Booker-shortlisted novel tells the story of illegal immigrants in Britain

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