The world after silence is full of stories. Perumal Murugan in conversation with V Shoba
He is one of the greatest novelists of his time, but his late novels take him to a grim elsewhere, baffling his devotees
A haunting mystery set in East Europe and an anodyne addition to Scandinavian noir
For years, Anees Salim nursed his introversion and dealt with rejection by starting new novels. This year, four of them found publishers