‘The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story.’—Salman RushdieOriginally published in 1...

'We brew the elixir of the past for concocting the future.'

A major Hindi novel of migration and women's lives, The Fire Sacrifice returns in a powerful new ...

First Bite

India's democracy, once celebrated as an unprecedented experiment in pluralism and participatory ...

On 3 May 2023, the north-eastern state of Manipur plunged into the gravestcrisis it has faced sin...

'It is perfectly possible to pervert the Constitution, without changing its form, by merelychangi...

Ashwini Ram is a successful engineer in Canada. She has a good job, a loving husband and daughter...

A storm batters a hillside farmstead through the night, and the family living in it debates its d...

‘[Myna] … moved as though sustained by invisible wings attached to her feet. Her whole fra...

A fascinating account of an audacious woman’s journey and a rapidly vanishing way of life, Azadi'...

‘A riveting book on real-life crimes and how the police solve them. We sleep in peace in a world ...

The Drunk Bird Chronicles

James Lawson (1928-2024) was a key figure in the American Civil Rights

'Framed As a Terrorist' is the harrowing and heart-rending narrative of an ordinary young Indian ...

In this timely and comprehensive book, a professional with rare experience in policy making remin...

‘…It looks like the rhythm of Shivapura life is upset. Even the seasons don’t keep time. T...

A glimpse into the heart and mind of a young girl who went on to become an important queen.In the...

DescriptionA little boy goes riding on a boat. He has been told many fearful stories of seamonste...

‘He was living once more in those far-away days that had begun with such happiness, only to end i...

DescriptionBound by the need for breathWe lie on beds of foaming rubber.But the room is filled wi...

In the Penhari Parganas, a district in pre-Independence Bengal, a young man prepares to leave for...

A timeless tale of friendship and adventure.When Peter Pan and his friend Tinker Bell come to vis...

DescriptionI want a poem like thick tropical rain.Dense green spatter of syllablesDrumbeat conson...

As soon as the door opened a crack, Mishti’s nose appeared and then Mishti, pushing her way in, s...

A thrilling subterranean adventure filled with startling and strange discoveriesWhen Professor Ot...

‘Your story has left me gasping. Though I did not remember the ferocious details, I had a fairly ...

DescriptionA tablespoon of coconut oilA dash of mustard seedsA handful of coriander leaves...Litt...

Stella Carrington, young and beautiful, feels that life is passing her by in the repressed Victor...

‘The essays in Uncertain Journeys: Labour Migration from South Asia document the price people pay...

Deftly combining social satire with political critique, Taunsvi anticipates Manto’s Partition fic...

DescriptionIn this collection of stories and essays by children and young adults from different p...

‘Gloriously provocative…fearless in her writing and acute about female sexuality in a way ...

A relevant and stirring story for our times—about who we love and who we help.Umi, Anshu, Lavina,...

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Novelist, intrepid traveller, barrister-at-law, newspaper editor and uninhibited gossip, John Lan...

Is Jwala Kumar a bird? A bat? A chameleon? Or is he something no one has ever seen before? And di...

Little Women (Introduction by Shabnam Minwalla)

'Mrs Merrydale went off with Lieutenant Maxwell, leaving her children under the care of the serva...

A masterpiece of world literature—the exhilarating adventures of the boy who lived with wolves.Mo...

The Ant Who Swallowed the Sun

Over the course of two intense years Swati Sengupta spoke to dozens of surrendered Maoist soldier...

In 2005, starving members of the Bhuiya clan in one of Bihar’s poorest villages dug up a long-bur...

A timely and wide-ranging anthology that brings together reports from the various battlefields of...

Punjab in the early 1980s. The atmosphere is charged with calls for Khalistan and there is terror...

A stunning, unusual story of jealousy and desire, of love lost and found againA man comes home to...

Heartfelt poems and engaging stories for and about children by one of the greatest writers of Ind...

‘One of the most challenging voices in contemporary young adult literature.’—Anthony HorowitzWho ...