The new Perumal Murugan in translation highlights the primordial kinship of the countryside
Nayantara Sahgal’s new novel is a meditation on an India that’s short on Nehruvian idealism
Jeet Thayil’s new novel is inhabited by troubled storytellers. The novelist talks about his art and life in a conversation with Nandini Nair
A new novel by Kamila Shamsie explores the process of belonging
Arundhati Roy’s second novel in twenty years retains her original magic even as it becomes an overwrought political project