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Book Lists

Award-winning Indian Books of 2019

There are the really big book awards. We know the Booker prize, we know the Nobel, the Pulitzer. Closer home, any list of award-winning Indian

Jessica Joshi April 3, 2020

Book Reviews

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

On a bonfire night after a calamity that mostly scared and did not destroy, an elderly man sat next to me, and without provocation, began

Prakruti Maniar November 21, 2018

Book Reviews

Clouds by Chandrahas Choudhury

Mumbai is vast, with more people sailing into it than out. Chances are that two people, in separate corners of this nearly 3-hour-wide city, have

Prakruti Maniar November 12, 2018

Book Reviews

Night of Happiness by Tabish Khair

Author Tabish Khair’s Night of Happiness is a difficult tale to slot. It has elements of a thriller, and a paranormal tale, and also makes

Soma Das November 5, 2018

Book Reviews

A State Of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee

At 275 pages, Neel Mukherjee’s A State Of Freedom seems like a short read. It is divided into five seemingly unconnected parts. The common thread

Nittal Chandarana October 30, 2018

Book Reviews

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

There is something, not quite serendipity, about reading a book of contemporary relevance, with jingoistic headlines spamming my background, the noise of hyper news anchors

Prakruti Maniar July 15, 2017

Tag: DSC Prize

Award-winning Indian Books of 2019

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Clouds by Chandrahas Choudhury

Night of Happiness by Tabish Khair

A State Of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

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