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Autocrats by Rajiv Dogra explores the psychological and personal traits of authoritarian leaders, revealing how their cults of power form and persist....

Truth/Untruth — Anjum Katyal’s outstanding translation of Mahashweta Devi’s thrilling novella Satya/Asatya — offers a glimpse of the urban life in the...

Written with his quintessential wit and insight, Shashi Tharoor’s A Wonderland of Words explores the beauty, quirks, and complexities of the English...

As a native, Amit Srivastava, in his book Siraj-E-Dil Jaunpur, provides a gripping account of the history, culture, and identity of the city and its...

Told mostly through the lens of her ancestors, Mishal Husain’s Broken Threads assembles bits and pieces of information to weave a comprehensive...

New Delhi: The literary world gathered in admiration at the India Habitat Centre for the launch of Dr. Sazina Khan’s latest poetry collection, Echoes...

The monograph on Verghese Kurien, written by MS Meenakshi under the series ‘Pioneers of Modern India’, chronicles the journey of the ‘Milkman of...

Shaktimôy Shaktipīth by Anish Das is an exceptional work that begins with the story of Dakshayagna, followed by Mahadev and Sati’s marriage, Mahadev’s...

‘The Rainbow Runners’—translated by Dhrubajyoti Borah from the Assamese original Artha—is a poignant love story that deploys experimental narration to...

In ‘The Collector’s Mother’, senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi paints a sensitive picture of her late mother’s profound impact on his...

Pawan Kumar Mishra’s novella, Happytual, distinguishes inner peace and contentment from external pursuit of possessions in the process of creatively...

Set in the 16th-century Lahore, ‘The Sufi’s Nightingale’ by Sarbpreet Singh is a fictionalised retelling of mystic poet Shah Hussain and Madho...