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The Taiwanese author, who won this years International Booker Prize, says literature cannot be separated from politics

Independent outfits are opening at a pace not seen in years. The new format is smaller, more curated, more local, and the business is increasingly bolstered by cafs and events

Ankit Kawades debut work shows how B.R. Ambedkar repurposes Nietzsches concept against hierarchical order

In some books, neat endings and the ticking off of bucket lists are narrative devices meant to reassure us that death brings with it a reckoning. But several recent novels are less inclined to offer such comfort, instead confronting readers with the uncertainty and disorder surrounding death

The novel, originally written in the Mandarin Chinese,succeeds as both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel

The International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel is a haunting meditation on identity, violence and the cost of freedom

In a collection of essays, civil servants write on governance in a State known for sharp contrasts

Gulbadan Begum was Bbars daughter; she was asked by her nephew Akbar to write her memories of the reigns early years

Translated from the Mandarin by Lin King, the novel documents Taiwan in a state of cultural osmosis

R. Parthasarathys best-known work is the 1977 book-length poem Rough Passage

American writer John Steinbeckwas born on February 27, 1902. Here is a quiz on the author who has been called a giant of American letters

Mani Sankar Mukhopadhays novel Chowringee captured the complexities of urban life and society

Friendship can happen in the most wholesome, and sometimes, the most interesting ways possible. Varsha Seshan -- through the pages of her novel The Wall Friends Club --- explores a one of a kind friendship: one exchanged in letters.

At the Kolkata Literary Meet, the Pulitzer-winning author discusses the role of literature in cultivating compassion, writingDemon, and her new book

A complex satire of corporate greed and moral culpability, Vigil is the authors first novel in nearly a decade

In her recent book, Aging (Un)Gracefully, author Lalita Iyer says that growing old is both a liberation and a licence to be your true self