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: Book Review Of The Robe And The Sword

Book Review Of The Robe And The Sword: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia

BY Jinit Parmar

| Photo: PTI : Literary Legacies: Authors Jhumpa Lahiri and Kiran Desai at the Exide Kolkata Literary Meet on January 16, 2026

Geographical Multiverses: Migration, Dislocation, And Belonging In Global Literature

BY Sreemanti Sengupta

| Photo: Narendra Bisht : Mark Tully

Mark Tully: The Foreigner India Came To Trust

BY Harish Khare

Srishti Publishers : Bound by Belief by Shivi Sethi released by Srishti Publishers on 10 December 2025

Shivi Sethi’s Debut Novel Explores Inner Strength, Self Discovery

BY Krishnayan Sen

Sandipan Chatterjee : Deborah Baker

Deborah Baker Revisits Allen Ginsberg’s India Years at Exide Kolkata Literary Meet

BY Sreemanti Sengupta

I knew that the National Human Rights Commission had noted thirty-one cases of fake encounter killings in Maharashtra alone in the previous five years.

Book Excerpt: Colours Of The Cage: A Prison Memoir, By Arun Ferreira

BY Outlook News Desk

‘Unsilenced: The Jail Diary of an Activist’ by Seema Azad

Book Excerpt|Unsilenced: The Jail Diary Of An Activist, By Seema Azad

Illustration: Saahil

Think Ink: Lit Fests In The Time Of AI

BY Vineetha Mokkil

Vikram Sharma : Sales are growing, regional languages are thriving, young readers are returning in significant numbers, and publishers are taking risks that would be impossible in a truly declining market.

If Reading Is Dead, Why Is Publishing Thriving?

| Photo: Imago/Abacapress : A Thing of Beauty... Visitors attending the inaugural session of the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on January 15, 2026

Are We Still Reading? How Literature Festivals Are Keeping Books Alive

BY Shinie Antony

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How Long Can the Moon Be Caged: Voices of Indian Political Prisoners

BY Suchitra Vijayan

Sandipan Chatterjee : Exide Kolkata Literary Meet: Banu Mushtaq and Chinki Sinha talk about women breaking barriers in writing and how men write women and how women write women and men.

Exide Kolkata Literary Meet: Feminism, the Banu Mushtaq Way

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Sandipan Chatterjee : A packed house on the opening day of the Exide Kolkata Literary Meet 2026

Into The World of Words And Ideas: Exide Kolkata Literary Meet Lights Up The City of Joy

BY Outlook News Desk

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The Blessed

BY Vidyarthy Chatterjee

Cover of The Courtesan, Her Lover and I

Book Review of 'The Courtesan, Her Lover And I': Finding A Place In History

Outlook Anniversary Issue: The Lockmaster

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From The Lockmaster

BY Christoph Ransmayr

Wikimedia Commons : Cyril Wong

Our Elsewheres: A Fairy Falls To Earth And Lives Among Humans

Seagull Books : Outlook Anniversary Issue: Dreaming A Paradise

Our Elsewheres: Dreaming A Paradise

BY Chitvan Gill

Our Madhopur Home by Tripurari Sharan

Our Elsewheres: Excerpted from ‘Our Madhopur Home’ by Tripurari Sharan

BY Tripurari Sharan

Seagull Books : Book Cover: Of Morsels and Marvels by Maryse Conde

'Of Morsels and Marvels'; Book Excerpt By Maryse Conde

BY Maryse Condé

European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) : Lukáš Cabala is a Slovakian writer

Earth Woman: An Excerpt From Lukáš Cabala's 'Will You Remember Trenčín?'

BY Lukáš Cabala

Shutterstock : Poetry as Protest: Capturing Current Affairs In Poems

Poetry as Protest: Capturing Current Affairs In Poems

BY Milind Bhawar

The Postman of Abruzzo by Venus Khoury-Ghata

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From The Postman of Abruzzo, By Vénus Khoury-Ghata

BY Vénus Khoury-Ghata

The Lockmaster by Christoph Ransmayr

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From The Lockmaster, By Christoph Ransmayr

BY Christoph Ransmayr

The Body of Language by Giorgio Agamben

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From The Body of Language, By Giorgio Agamben

BY Giorgio Agamben

Cover of Eastern Kire's 'The Rain-Maiden and the Bear-Man'

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From The Rain-Maiden And The Bear-Man, By Easterine Kire

BY Easterine Kire

Nabarun Bhattacharya's 'Dog Star'

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From Nabarun Bhattacharya's Dogstar

BY Nabarun Bhattacharya

Cover of Irwin Allan Sealy's 'Flying Yogi's'

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From Flying Yoginis, By Irwin Allan Sealy

BY Irwin Allan Sealy

Seagull Books : Our Santiniketan by Mahasweta Devi

Our Elsewheres: An Excerpt From Our Santiniketan By Mahasweta Devi

BY Mahasweta Devi

Seagull Books : The Third Bank Of The Jordan River By Hussein Barghouthi

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From The Third Bank Of The Jordan River By Hussein Barghouthi

BY Hussein Barghouthi

Home Artwork by Aradhana Seth

Outlook Anniversary Issue: Diary Of A Homeless Child

BY Anupama Raju

| Courtesy: Shrine empire gallery : Hostile Witness: Grant Road, Bombay/Mumbai Artwork by Baaraan Ijlal

Outlook Anniversary Issue: When The City Becomes A Witness

BY Alolika Dutta

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