Content is everywhere

The Indian film industry is breaking all barriers in search of a good story as producers pick up the best…

Love in the time of evil

This is a first from Shashi Deshpande, author of eight novels, including the Sahitya Akademi-winning That Long Silence.

The Booker edge

When Jamyang Norbu won the Crossword Book Award for fiction in 2000 for The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes, sales of…

Skidding into trouble

Riding on the potential in sectors like steel and manufacturing, West Bengal attracted investment announcements worth Rs 87,037 crore between…

More home truths

She is a keen observer of moments in everyday life. We have seen that in all of Manju Kapur?s writing,…

In swirling waters

It?s the prologue that draws you deep into Anuradha Roy?s debut novel about love, the essential loneliness of being, and…

Looking at Bergman

In Ingmar Bergman?s Persona, often considered one of his best films – yes, ahead of the better known The Seventh…

Intoxicating stuff

He is a master at this ? pitting stories of ordinary people against a historical swathe spanning generations and continents.