novel

The Many Tongues of the Forest

Antara Raghavan

Sheela Tomy’s novel tells the stories of the land and its people. She speaks to Open about bringing the Western Ghats alive in fiction

Kamila Shamsie: The Anatomy of a Friendship

Nandini Nair

In her new novel, Kamila Shamsie moves between Karachi of the late 1980s and London of today. She speaks to Open about how childhood bonds can fray and strengthen over time

A Pause in Berlin

Sanjay Sipahimalani

Amit Chaudhuri’s new novel is interested not in events but the interruptions

Jerry Pinto: Mumbai on His Mind

Nandini Nair

Jerry Pinto’s new novel is about urban adolescence in the eighties. He speaks to Open about the humiliations of college and the joys of language

Eternal City

Suhasini Patni

A poetic battle to write and find love in a new place

Entwined Lives

Urvashi Bahuguna

Amit Majmudar’s new book fictionalises a comparative study of Gandhi and Jinnah

KR Meera: The Rebel’s Credo

Aditya Mani Jha

KR Meera’s latest novel blends mythology and history. The Malayalam author tells Aditya Mani Jha about creating strong women characters and the lure of the Bible

‘Character means everything to me in my writing,’ says Monica Ali

Nandini Nair

Monica Ali’s new novel deals with love and betrayal, race and gender. She speaks to Nandini Nair about interrogating stereotypes

Isabel Allende: The Reckoning

Sharanya Manivannan

Isabel Allende’s new novel is about a woman steeped in history

Pankaj Mishra : Polemist as Novelist

Nandini Nair

After two decades, Pankaj Mishra returns with a novel that chronicles rapid urbanisation in an unequal India. He speaks to Nandini Nair about today’s hollow men and class wars