Fredrick Backman’s latest novel Anxious People’s story unfolds within an apartment, where our failed thief takes hostage a real-estate agent and his clients. Lamenting his failure, the robber explains to his hostages, “I’m having quite a complicated day here!” And, so are they.
Anita Nair’s new novel Eating Wasps takes a clear look at the tough choices Indian women make
Anita Nair’s latest novel, Eating Wasps is clear, concise and insightful. The book starts with 30-year-old Sreelakshmi’s suicide on a “Monday.
#BookReview: Night Of Happiness By Tabish Khair
How much does the Hindu majority of India think about its privilege? How long before prejudices we think of as beneath us bubble up to the surface?
#BookReview: Half The Night Is Gone by Amitabha Bagchi Is More Than A Review Of Our Past
Amitabha Bagchi’s latest novel is a thoroughly Indian story. The two threads that run through this tale include the letters from a narcissistic author to his loved ones that details life in India in the 1970s and 80s,
Book Review: Tanuj Solanki’s Diwali in Muzaffarnagar dispels old notions about small town India
Tanuj Solanki’s new book of short stories, Diwali in Muzaffarnagar, contains eight stories of young men and women, who grew up together in Muzaffarnagar.
Jasoda: An Unrestrained and Poignant Telling of a Survivor’s Story
In his seventh novel, Kiran Nagarkar returns to the Rajput setting that captured our imaginations in his celebrated Cuckold. But Jasoda veers and stutters where the earlier novel sang and danced.