Manil Suri: ‘Mathematics can trigger an emotional response’ In conversation with the mathematician and author of ‘The Big Bang of Numbers’.
To Sri Lanka, with love Shehan Karunatilaka’s complex relationship with home infuses the stories in this book with heart.
Tree story This expansive novel’s gifts are not easy to explain but will stay with you for a long time.
Saving Angelo da Fonseca It validates his attempts to forge a hybrid art that was neither completely Western nor Indian.
The advocate vanishes This unputdownable true crime story reconstructs a 1980s’ political murder in Karnataka.
New books on the shelves A range of refreshing reads, from South Africa’s slave ship history to Ambedkar up close and personal.
Showcase New books on the shelvesRetellings, the Kisan Long March, verdicts that shaped India’s financial landscape, and more.
The terror machineK.P. FabianA historically sound account of the origin, growth and reach of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Tribute Knowledge-keeper of NagalandAvinuo KireRemembering the poet, fiction-writer, and ethnographer Temsula Ao (1945-2022).
Book Review Forging freedom Annie ZaidiIn this experimental novel, women fight their way out of silence and get their voices heard.
Book Review They all fall downPercy BharuchaSet in the future, this defies genres to ask chilling questions about the meaning of humanity.
Book review The elsewhere peopleSubash JeyanThe stories of eight Indian migrant workers employed in the Persian Gulf region.
Book review Abbas unplugged Padma V. MckertichA book that believes in the value of cinema as an art form and a medium of social criticism.
SHOWCASE New books on the shelvesPortrait of a marriage, spies, South Asian art, moving images, and more.
Book Review Painting the worldC.S. VenkiteswaranIt also gives readers a comprehensive historical-aesthetic perspective on his life and works.
Book Review Tracing citizen involvement in ecology issuesLyla BavadamA look at various projects that harnessed people’s power to expand subject matter knowledge.
Essay True as false: The world of JeyamohanJinoy Jose P‘Stories of the True’ is a well-timed introduction to the multifaceted writer’s intimidating oeuvre.
Interview ‘While nationalism simplifies, literature complicates’: Vivek NarayananAditya Mani JhaThe collection ‘After’ offers a hip, hyper-literate, often ironic commentary on Valmiki’s Ramayana.
The Art vs Artist conundrum and the audience that is between them An effective way of taking revenge against artists is to consign them to oblivion.
SlideshowColours of desireA mother’s sari collection feels like an act of vengeance against a life that had deprived her of small joys in her youth.
