Reviews
The Fakir is a simple tale with an important social message in a world where material things define boundaries between human beings.
Emma Donoghue’s award-winning book is devastating, tough, moving, tragic, and funny, all at the same time.
Utpal Dutt revisits the racial discrimination, injustice, and denial of human rights as witnessed in the Scottsboro trials of 1931.
If realism is the leading manifesto of an art film, then Dhobi Ghat manages it effortlessly.
13 writers explore common themes of love, friendship, angst, and longing in this carefully compiled anthology.
Sylvain Chomet’s animated take on the life of a middle-aged Vaudevillian magician overflows with rainy-day beauty and mystery.
This part-travelogue, part-reverie helps reinvent Goa, a place that is largely misunderstood.
Khushwant Singh’s fictionalised memoir is unafraid, uninhibited, and unapologetic.
Sonia Faleiro’s latest book takes you inside the private lives of Bombay’s bar dancers, hijras, madams, and pimps.
An unnerving reflection of the state of contemporary amorous relationships in modern India.
A book that tempts you to ditch your sedentary lifestyle and drive around India, just to experience the country’s diverse food culture.
In Kamila Shamsie’s third novel, past and present intermingle in unique ways and so does the personal and political.
