The Hindu

Written and visual essays in this limited-edition publication encourage readers to explore everything from music and food to literature and fashion

Five new books transporting readers across centuries, continents and imagined futures

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

This James Tait Black Prize winner explores bureaucracy, migration and identity through a darkly satirical narrative

Murakamis first full-length novel featuring female protagonist releases in Tokyo

With its examination of environmental issues and natural disasters, the novel is also a work of eco-fiction

This collection ofstoriesby 27 writers, both established and emerging voices, is a compelling showcase of Northeast Indias literary vitality

The writings of Rajendra Banahatti and Kamal Desai come vibrantly alive in these translations by Jerry Pinto and Shanta Gokhale, respectively

In her Womens Prize-longlisted work, author Lucy Apps delivers an affecting portrait of female agency and vulnerability

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