Book Beat

Tamil novelist Perumal Murugan says he is a changed man after he met raucous protests following the publication of his novel, One Part Woman. ‘I am now a more cautious and measured writer,’ he tells Utpal Kumar.

For Raja Rao, India is not just a desa, a geography. It is a darsana, a way of India looking at the world. Yet, this never stopped him from actively participating in the country’s freedom struggle, Prof Makarand Paranjape tells Utpal Kumar.

The novel is based on the reallife romance between a single, well-educated prince, Maharaja Jagaddipendra Narayan of Cooch Behar, and married Hollywood actress Nancy Valentine.

Queeristan: LGBTQ Inclusion in the Indian Workplace Parmesh Shahani Westland, Rs 559 Parmesh Shahani, tin this book, makes a cogent case for LGBTQ inclusion and lay down...

Pandit Ravi Shankar’s initial tryst with cinema and how the legendary sitar maestro came to accept that he had been ‘innovative ahead of the times’.

Author Nihshanka Debroy on his debut novel ‘Checkmate’ and how he thought of searching for the origins of chess from parallel viewpoints.

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah HarperCollins, Rs 319 Hercule Poirot— Agatha Christie’s legendary fictional creation— returns to solve a fiendish...