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By Namita Aavriti · Chaitanya Tamhane's acclaimed film Court is a study in how people present themselves to the world.
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By En Wright · In Zubaan Books' Drawing the Line anthology, the hero is the everywoman and her contained, quiet rage against the system.
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By Namita Aavriti · In Neeraj Ghaywan's Masaan, sex is young and brand new; it is curiosity and desire all wound up in wires and technology and Facebook and computers. Death, in contrast, is old and ceaseless and long.
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By Maya Prabhu · In her latest novel, Meera Syal grapples with an eye-wideningly long list of capital-I Issues.
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By Jonathan Daniel Luther · Jokes aside, there is something to be said about this novel's failure to work as a murder mystery.
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By Urvashi Bahuguna · In Janice Pariat's debut novel Seahorse, time is tethered to love, to obsessions, to personal myths.
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By Urvashi Bahuguna · Annie Zaidi takes the tropes of the conventional ghost story and breathes new life into them.
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By Tanushree Bhasin · Mukherjee writes with subtlety and intelligence, never quite allowing any of his characters to assume a moral authority.
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By Tanushree Bhasin · Mushtaq Ahmed Yosufi's novel captures the overpowering sense of nostalgia that erupted in the Indian subcontinent after the partition.
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By Tanushree Bhasin · As an introduction to the world of Hindu tales for the uninitiated, John Jackson's book is a fascinating read.
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By Ateendriya Gupta · Vikram Nair's debut novel is humorous and unpretentious; a book that celebrates life in all its natural flavours.
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By Urvashi Bahuguna · Graphic India’s latest graphic novel pays tribute to an unforgettable character from Indian cinema.
