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The Death Trap

Nikita Doval

Why is the number of suicides among young Indian women rising?

‘This white metal box is my home. And it will be my coffin, too’

He migrated to Oman, struggled as an undocumented worker for twenty-two years and returned to a family that did not want him

The Loss of Inheritance

Lhendup G Bhutia

One of the world’s last matrilineal systems is changing in Meghalaya but no one is sure if that is a good thing

Feast of the Dead

Rini Barman

Blurring the boundaries between the real and the surreal in Meghalaya

The Final Six

Nandini Nair

The 2021 Booker Prize shortlist tells of the persistence of grief, the deceptions of online prattle, the call of the wild, racial inequality and the triumph of the human spirit

Ancient Wisdom on Sexuality

Lakshmi Bayi

Neo-Victorians as exemplars of tradition are misfits in society

Forbidden Intimacies

Chintan Girish Modi

A debut short story collection from Pakistan lays bare power and desire

A Portrait of the Indian

Siddharth Singh

A new survey reveals a deeply conservative country

The Spoken Word Order

Peggy Mohan

Migration, both external and internal, has shaped the languages that we speak

Reading that Gives on

Mini Kapoor

The unquantifiable value of a gifted book

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The Death Trap

‘This white metal box is my home. And it will be my coffin, too’

The Loss of Inheritance

Feast of the Dead

The Final Six

Ancient Wisdom on Sexuality

Forbidden Intimacies

A Portrait of the Indian

The Spoken Word Order

Reading that Gives on

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