Taste, an experimental book, invites readers to slow down and be enchanted
Written and visual essays in this limited-edition publication encourage readers to explore everything from music and food to literature and fashion
Nagercoil teen becomes published author with debut mystery thriller
Column | Top books to read this July
Five new books transporting readers across centuries, continents and imagined futures
How Sunandini Banerjee built the distinctive visual identity of Seagull Books
Senior editor and graphic designer at Seagull Books, Sunandini Banerjee reflects on visual storytelling, book cover design and independent publishing through Art of the Book exhibition, on view at DakshinaChitra
Egyptian author Shady Lewis on the politics of storytelling and his novel, On the Greenwich Line
This James Tait Black Prize winner explores bureaucracy, migration and identity through a darkly satirical narrative
Review | Under Water by Tara Menon is a compelling portrait of friendship
With its examination of environmental issues and natural disasters, the novel is also a work of eco-fiction
Review | The GreatestStoriesfrom the Northeast Ever Told is an ambitious undertaking
This collection ofstoriesby 27 writers, both established and emerging voices, is a compelling showcase of Northeast Indias literary vitality
Review of Marathi novellas My Last Autobiographyand The Woman Who Wore a Hat
The writings of Rajendra Banahatti and Kamal Desai come vibrantly alive in these translations by Jerry Pinto and Shanta Gokhale, respectively
Review | Reading debut novel Gloria Dont Speak through the lens of the feminist snap
In her Womens Prize-longlisted work, author Lucy Apps delivers an affecting portrait of female agency and vulnerability
Taiwan Travelogue wins International Booker Prize 2026
The novel, originally written in the Mandarin Chinese,succeeds as both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel
Review | Rene Karabashs She Who Remains reimagines gender and freedom through Albanias sworn virgins
The International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel is a haunting meditation on identity, violence and the cost of freedom
Review of The Kerala Club, edited by K.M. Chandrasekhar, T.P. Sreenivasan
In a collection of essays, civil servants write on governance in a State known for sharp contrasts
Another industry hit by global war The US-Israel-Iran conflict is now disrupting raw material supply and impacting Indias 8,000-crore condom manufacturing industry.
