Ravi Shankar
The emotional balance sheet of a poet proves that nothing is ever forgotten in the end
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
A semi-historical novel uses Holmesian forensics to solve the mystery of the Bombay plague of 1896
What is it about Ruskin Bond’s work that gives it its extraordinary vitality and luminosity?
An inquiry into Gandhi’s death fails to put him in the historical context of the Subcontinent
Starcrossed lovers revive Allahabad’s glory days in this charming if dated translation—and the lingering gender debate
Novelist Kiran Nagarkar’s once-censored play is in print at last, with a fast-paced new screenplay
In his latest outing, Karl Ove Knausgaard portrays himself as a teenager with literary ambition