novels
‘I write more with my ears than my eyes,’ says Mohsin Hamid
Nandini Nair
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
The Wages of War
The Sri Lankan novelist Anuk Arudpragasam, whose new book portrays the island after the civil war, speaks to Nandini Nair about the spectatorship of violence and the persistence of grief
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