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.
BOOK REVIEW Epic effortRUCHI SINGHA significant work that challenges the dominant verse-epic tradition.
Showcase Books on the shelvesDravidian identity, Article 370, Hyderabadi women writers, and quirky characters.
Interview ‘Poetry works to encourage discovery’Anusua MukherjeeIn ‘Tales of Hazaribagh’, Mihir Vatsa traces the connections between poetry, rivers, and forests.
ESSAY Little things, not so littleSarbari SinhaThree stories by Shankha Ghosh beautifully depict the changes that Bengal lived through in the 1940s.
Book Review Rich repast of India’s pastManu S. PillaiThe daily lives of ancient Indians reaffirm that history is complex and fascinating.
Book Review Fearless activistMalini SubramaniamImportant phases of her life are in the sociopolitical context of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
Showcase Just arrived: Books on the shelvesTales of the Northeast, Banaras, Bhagat Singh, and the idea of India.
Book Review Holocaust-era horrorsKarthik Keramalu In these haunted pages, a teenager becomes a much-loved, albeit flawed, hero.
Frontline’s 50 India at 75 - Non-fictionAbhirami Girija SriramPivotal books that shaped the course of India’s cultural and intellectual life.
Essay Scripting a cultural continuumAnita E. CherianWhat does the Sahitya Akademi mean to ordinary Indians, readers, and writers today?
Essay Writing Partition: A violent birthRanjana SenguptaLiterature documented the lasting psychological effects of Partition like no official record can.
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.
