Rajiv Dogra’s new book takes a deep, perceptive look at the role played by Prime Ministers in shaping India’s foreign affairs. The author, however, could have written more on the maverick P.V. Narasimha Rao, says Utpal Kumar.
Anuja Chandramouli’s novel Mohini: The Enchantress intends to bring back a poignant LGBTQ character into the mainstream consciousness that was obliterated in Indian mythology. She talks to The Daily Guardian about her new novel. Excerpts:
Slices of Life
Richa Gupta
Bluerose Publishers, Rs 298
The book is a collection of short stories or vignettes that provide an immersive and entertaining experience of...
Amish rescues Suheldev from the scrapped pages of history. But there are many more such heroes waiting to be rescued from the tyranny of selective historiography in India, writes Utpal Kumar.
Singapore-born American novelist Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, a major motion picture, and has been translated...
Shameless
Taslima Nasreen
HarperCollins, Rs 399
Shameless is an uncompromising, heartbreaking look at ordinary people’s lives in our troubled times. ‘My name is Suranjan. You don’t recognise...
