October 27, 2012 03:46 IST
A collection of short stories from the Northeast surges with myth and the unexplained
Sat, Oct 27, 2012February 11, 2012 02:37 IST
This account of Indias urban youth has fine sketches of happy bohemians but settles for easy generalisations
Sat, Feb 11, 2012January 21, 2012 03:04 IST
This dissection of the Neeraj Grover case links it to a web of desires and ambition in Mumbai
Sat, Jan 21, 2012January 07, 2012 03:57 IST
After 36 years,Adil Jussawalla has come out with a new book of poetry
Sat, Jan 07, 2012December 25, 2011 07:09 IST
American surgeon and writer Atul Gawande on being mortal,a checklist evangelist and how the answers to the life-saving questions can be found in the dumb stuff.
Sun, Dec 25, 2011December 10, 2011 03:58 IST
Ian Rankins new cop,Malcolm Fox,gets more intriguing on his second outing
Sat, Dec 10, 2011December 03, 2011 00:09 IST
A 137-year-old woman tells stories in Gopallapuram; an idealistic student meets an abandoned bride on a boat. A look at translations
Sat, Dec 03, 2011November 20, 2011 00:40 IST
Google doodler Jennifer Hom on what it takes to turn a company logo into pop art.
Sun, Nov 20, 2011November 06, 2011 00:25 IST
Online literary journals in English widen the conversation.
Sun, Nov 06, 2011November 05, 2011 02:52 IST
Why the uber-crime writer can pull off a sequel to Pride and Prejudice
Sat, Nov 05, 2011September 18, 2011 05:03 IST
The Room on the Roof was published in 1956,though I had written it by 1953. It took me two years to find a publisher.
Sun, Sep 18, 2011August 13, 2011 02:29 IST
The city,not home,is at the heart of a new sensibility in fiction
Sat, Aug 13, 2011July 03, 2011 00:16 IST
Independent Indias first caste census took off last week in a small village in Tripura.
Sun, Jul 03, 2011July 02, 2011 00:10 IST
Mapping a Delhi bazaar with great empathy.
Sat, Jul 02, 2011June 12, 2011 12:48 IST
With the young no longer moaning over heartbreak,who will sing 'Jab Dil hi Toot Gaya'? Is the language of the street drowning poetry.
Sun, Jun 12, 2011June 12, 2011 04:23 IST
Today,the song has been freed of the responsibility of letting character express emotions that they couldn't speak about.
Sun, Jun 12, 2011May 22, 2011 02:41 IST
It had the worst child sex ratio in all of Punjab a decade ago
Sun, May 22, 2011April 24, 2011 04:38 IST
A man who wrote 245 books,created two popular crime series,spawned a generation of imitators,and discovered Zeroland. The phenomenon of Urdu crime writer Ibne Safi
Sun, Apr 24, 2011April 09, 2011 03:27 IST
An impressive debut novel maps the journey of a young man,from drifter to terrorist
Sat, Apr 09, 2011April 04, 2011 00:41 IST
The wedding is a big-budget reality show: gauche,real,uncomfortable.
Mon, Apr 04, 2011March 25, 2011 20:28 IST
Crime fiction on Indian television is not about the little grey cells.
Fri, Mar 25, 2011March 19, 2011 00:29 IST
A Telugu classic that is so much fun,a Malayalam novel that took 10 years to publish and Premchands Pandeypur. A look at translations.
Sat, Mar 19, 2011February 27, 2011 15:41 IST
The killer ghost made it to an episode of Adalat,a crime show on Sony Television.
Sun, Feb 27, 2011January 08, 2011 23:53 IST
The story of Ambedkar and discrimination told through Gond artwork.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011December 18, 2010 23:36 IST
India colonises Europe,paanwallahs open shop in Swedens street corners and men are barbecued in tandoor. Is it a satire? A crime thriller? Perhaps it is just having too much fun.
Sat, Dec 18, 2010