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Monkey Business

Arunima Mazumdar

A dream-like sequence, set around two boys, of the history of Bangladesh

Truth Serum

A first novel explores the lies of others

‘I write more with my ears than my eyes,’ says Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid’s new book upends the idea of racial categories. He speaks about why his novels are love stories

‘I want to treat facts of history as sacred,’ says Navtej Sarna

Navtej Sarna’s new novel recounts the horrors of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The author and diplomat speaks to Nandini Nair about writing the history of Punjab and the freedom struggle through fiction

The Maximalist

SB Divya’s science-fiction novel, set in 2095, pits humans against Artificial Intelligence. The author in conversation with Aditya Mani Jha

Begin Again

What happens when 13 people quit societal norms and live on a deserted island for 25 years?

The Normality of Evil

Upamanyu Chatterjee’s seventh novel opens with the discovery of a dead body in a park. He speaks to Nandini Nair about creating crafty characters and the villainy principle

From Bellary and Bangalore

Kannada author Vasudhendra’s short stories about city and village life are rife with cynicism and social satire

Anees Salim: The Heirs of the King

Anees Salim’s multi-narrator novel tells of children discovering their lineage

Anindita Ghose: Waiting for the Light

The political adds a darker edge to Anindita Ghose’s first novel

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