The book was launched in Kolkata last week, at a time when Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court faces the possibility of impeachment after the recovery of wads of cash from his official residence

Ten books which deepen our understanding of Indias recent past and present

The Yellowface authors new book presents a scathing critique of academia, and also has Lord Yama in it

Good To Go, a death literacy festival, aims at asking difficult questions and helping one navigate trying circumstances with a modicum of ease

Young Bengal, a group of radical reformers were followers of Henry Derozio at the Hindu College. Though shortlived, their idea of India was inclusive, tolerant, eclectic, like that of Gandhi, Nehru and so many others

With striking artwork and imaginative storytelling, Longform 2025puts together a snapshot of the past, present and future

Raman Mahadevan provides an invaluable dossier of a South Indian community that still remains uniquely different

A new book explores what set Nehrus non-alignment stance apart and how it still informs Indias foreign policy

TheJ&K government has banned 25 books, including works of A.G. Noorani and Arundhati Roy

A new translated volume on the ancientJatakasintroduces stories of the Buddha to new audiences

Visali Kopparthy and Shilpa Kowturus efforts to source Telugu books for their children led them to launch a platform that now caters to more than 5,000 families

Three narratives collectively depict how the Indian armed forces have evolved since Independence to the 1990s. By exploring the paths of General Thimayya, Lt. Gen. Rostum Nanavatty and Air Chief Marshal Idris Latif, the biographies seek to capture their influence on the nations history

A project by Milan-based design studio Formafantasma, Down Under blends science, Nature, and storytelling in an accessible way

In his new book, the environmentalist roots for rivers in crisis, including the Adyar in Chennai

Ravikant Kisana combines memoir, social observation, ethnographic insights and cultural exposition to hold a mirror to savarna supremacy

Set during the 1891 Chilean Civil War, this story is told through the eyes of a brave heroine who is way ahead of her time

A novel within a novel set in the Gold Souk area of the 1950s, where fiction and reality blur

Harleen Singh situates stories of the women of Punjab within the larger frame of the subcontinents history

Arefa Tehsin takes young readers to coral reefs and jungles in her latest book, The Great Indian Safari

The government said these books deeply impact the psyche of youth by promoting a culture of grievance, victimhood and terrorist-heroism

An excerpt from a new book on the Hiroshima bombing, the worlds first atomic attack in 1945, and its key players

Editor and writer Anita Mani talks about the latest book series - Wild About India

Through her sci-fi novel, the author makes a case for understanding disability as a social construct rather than a medical problem

Journalist father-daughter duo Chander and Jyotsna Mohan spin their resistance-embroiled family history into a chronicle that combines personal accounts with public record in their book Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper

Forced to quit school at age of 12 to support his family, Jalal Rahman, now based in Saudi Arabia, has released Dikrayath Jalal Rahman Al Khaleejil Arabi, the Arabic translation of his second book Angum Ingum Engum

Footnotes to the Mahabharata, The book was recently launched at in the Goethe Institut, Chennai, in association with the Prakriti Foundation

Wonderful poems can arise from fear and codes, as well as from self-disclosure and pride, says the Harvard professor on her new anthology Super Gay Poems

This warmly written bildungsroman deftly navigates the last 50 years of India, with a mix of the personal, the social and the political

English writer George Orwell was born on this day in 1903. Here is a quiz on one of the most well-known and prolific writers of the 20th century.

When we talk about authors switching languages, its always men, says the Pulitzer-winning writer, determined to change such thinking

Mystical mountains and sacred rivers, the ghats of Banaras and religious routes have always attracted travellers keen to get a deeper insight on the self and spirituality. When such stories are documented, it helps readers to understand the interwovenness of Indias rich history

The celebrated Kenyan authors views on language and colonialism were not without controversy but he soldiered on and inspired generations of African writers

Hot Water tells the story of a single mother and her two young children, and a summer holiday when secrets are revealed

The recent memoirs of Mohinder Amarnath and Syed Kirmani are conspicuous by the many silences on the life and times of the stars

Writer, activist and lawyerBanu Mushtaqs short story collection Heart Lamp became thefirst Kannada titleto win the International Booker Prize

Najma Heptullas memoir shines a light on women in public life

The Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman reviewed Nirmala Lakshmans book The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community for The Book Review journal

The Nigerian authors latest,Dream Count, may not be perfect, but the storyteller in her nevertheless dazzles