This novel brings a relatively unfamiliar part of Indian history to the reader’s attention
For readers looking for a gentle, hopeful book about human connection, these stories offer a pleasant pause from the white noise of everyday life
BY Anjana Basu 21 September 2026
This novel is a sometimes uneven, but rewarding attempt to remind readers that behind every pandemic statistic was an individual life, a family and a story
BY Anjana Basu 11 September 2026
The story that defined Ramgarh for the author when she travelled there was not about the famed man eaters but about dogs—in this case, feral dogs
BY Anjana Basu 4 September 2026
In this entertaining thriller, Mukherjee leaves colonial India behind for the contemporary world of politics, technology and high-stakes intrigue
BY Anjana Basu 21 August 2026
More than a novel about one man's journey, Alka Saraogi's 'Register Me as Kulbhushan' is a meditation on memory, identity and the human need to belong
BY Anjana Basu 3 July 2026
A new collection of eight stories explores the spiritual depth, nuanced female characters, and timeless modernity of Rabindranath Tagore, translated by Soumitra Das.
BY Anjana Basu 3 May 2026
Reliving the surreal experience of queuing up for the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bengal
BY Anjana Basu 29 April 2026
In Shabnam Minwalla’s atmospheric mystery, a decades-old “accident” in Matheran resurfaces, pulling a tight-knit Mumbai circle into a web of memory lapses, jealousy, and hidden truths.
BY Anjana Basu 25 April 2026
Originally sneered at by the elite as being the food for rural toilers who could not manage their hunger, it gradually inched its way into the scheme of things as the gaps between mealtimes changed.
BY Anjana Basu 18 April 2026
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