Dance and theatre productions upturn popular versions of characters and stories from the Ramayana
Jeet Thayil’s new novel is inhabited by troubled storytellers. The novelist talks about his art and life in a conversation with Nandini Nair
The Adivasi Will Not Dance tells of a Santhal worldview that is all too often ignored
Anees Salim first found a licence to fantasise in his hometown of Varkala in Kerala. In his latest novel he returns to the sea with a scathingly funny, achingly sad story