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Interview
Manil Suri: ‘Mathematics can trigger an emotional response’
In conversation with the mathematician and author of ‘The Big Bang of Numbers’.
Jinoy Jose P
Book Review
Tree story
This expansive novel’s gifts are not easy to explain but will stay with you for a long time.
Neha Sinha
Book Review
To Sri Lanka, with love
Shehan Karunatilaka’s complex relationship with home infuses the stories in this book with heart.
Akhil Sood
BOOK REVIEW
Tamil treasure trove
The saga of survival of the ten-volume Tamil encyclopaedia “Kalaikkalanjiyam”.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
BOOK REVIEW
A walk by the sea
Orhan Pamuk’s new book is something of a crime mystery as well as a historical novel.
Tabish Khair
Showcase
New books on the shelves
Retellings, the Kisan Long March, verdicts that shaped India’s financial landscape, and more.
Interview
Amit Chaudhuri: ‘I want to blur the distinction between writing and living’
The writer and Hindustani classical singer’s memoir won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography.
Subash Jeyan
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A life in many cells
This book takes the reader on a guided tour of the most basic unit of life—the cell.
Sanjay A. Pai
The other half
The novel portrays how patriarchal social norms wield an inordinate amount of power over women.
Shuma Raha
They all fall down
Set in the future, this defies genres to ask chilling questions about the meaning of humanity.
Percy Bharucha
Abbas unplugged
A book that believes in the value of cinema as an art form and a medium of social criticism.
Padma V. Mckertich
The elsewhere people
The stories of eight Indian migrant workers employed in the Persian Gulf region.
Subash Jeyan
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