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Malayalam novelist Benyamin

'My award will help regional writing'

Malayalam author Benyamin's new novel is set in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in an unnamed Middle Eastern city

22 March 2020 11:12 AM IST

Title: Amnesty. Author: Arvind Adiga. Publisher: Picador India. Pages: 256. Price: Rs 699.

The immigrant's eternal question: Do good or do well?

Arvind Adiga's novel feels pertinent and timely in a moment when the immigrant experience has become the story of our...

15 March 2020 3:36 PM IST

Francesc Miralles, co-author of the bestseler Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Francesc Miralles: Your ikigai may change over time, but having a...

Books on emotional intelligence like Ikigai' promote the idea that we don't need to be monks to live a harmonious life

15 March 2020 2:45 PM IST

Title: Jaipur Journals. Author: Namita Gokhale. Publisher: Penguin. Number of pages: 201. Price: Rs 499.

Being a wannabe, being a writer, being a bit or a lot of both

Namita Gokhale writes this novel with a gaze that is remarkably dispassionate, throwing open a literary cocoon to artful...

15 March 2020 2:14 PM IST

dopehri by Pankaj Kapur. Published by Harper Collins. (Photo: File)

An old woman finds purpose and laughter

Dopehri, however, takes place in Lucknow, with a visibly strong sense of place and time, with Amma Bi's haveli as...

16 Feb 2020 2:47 AM IST

Ramachandra Guha at KLF on Friday

When Taslima met the characters she wrote in Lajja

On Day 3, the conversations turned to quieter, thoughtful themes.

21 Jan 2020 10:10 PM IST

Accidental Magic, By Keshava Guha HarperCollins, Rs 599.

Friends from Potterverse don't live up to promise

With a silver lightening bolt as the centrepiece of its glossy white cover, Accidental Magic begins with great promise.

12 Jan 2020 2:03 AM IST

His Fathers Disease: Stories By Aruni Kashyap Context, Rs 499.

Of trauma and unsaid truths, real and magical

The English-language literati, however, operates in its own bubble.

8 Dec 2019 3:16 AM IST

Sara, by Shashi Warrier HarperCollins, Rs 399.

A multi-generational food trail that doesn't shy from hard facts

Warrier writes simply and impactfully, moving seamlessly across time to spin a multilayered tale slow cooked like a good...

17 Nov 2019 2:21 AM IST

Nidhi Tiwari during her earlier solo drive to Uzbekistan

Off the beaten path

A 4,000 km journey, over a span of 20 days, across the challenging Himalayan terrain is the new goal that adventurer...

20 Jun 2016 10:29 PM IST