literature
A village runs through it
Arshia Sattar
A genre-defying Kannada masterpiece ventures joyously between folklore, poetry and theatre
Sex, Lies and Rocket Scientists
CP Surendran’s new novel is based on the true story of a honey trap that wasn’t
Pilgrims’ Progress
The story of a sexually abused castaway ends in fiery yet unsatisfying confrontation in a temple town
The guardian angel
The dream world of a landowner soars through the ravages of the Great Bengal Famine in this novel
A Tough Compromiser
The author of The Tin Drum changed the art of the novel. And his politics was consistently problematic
A Hole in the Earth
The emotional balance sheet of a poet proves that nothing is ever forgotten in the end
Expanding the Pluriverse
This lyrical Sanskrit retelling of the Biblical tale of David and Bathsheba’s love, written by a Hindu poet for his Muslim patron, a 16th century Lodhi prince, offers a valuable confluence
The Perfect Murder
A semi-historical novel uses Holmesian forensics to solve the mystery of the Bombay plague of 1896
Rust-Free Fiction
What is it about Ruskin Bond’s work that gives it its extraordinary vitality and luminosity?
Missing the Mahatma
An inquiry into Gandhi’s death fails to put him in the historical context of the Subcontinent
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