What does one learn from years of reviewing books? And what does one make of a book that defies easy reviewing? Easy, this reviewer picks up the bo...

Murder comes in many flavours, and so does the murder mystery. In this episode, we talk about the various ingredients that go into making a success...

Two literary superstars, one in Gujarati, one in Hindi. Their short stories won them lakhs of followers. Both deserve more attention than they got ...

Writers spend years researching and understanding the settings of their books - and when this is done right, the book really shines. This is an asp...

We’re seeing more books in English that depart - and expand - the western/European/Christian canon of fiction that feels very narrow in today’s day...

Let’s make it clear: Not all novels about childhood are for kids - even the pleasant ones. But reading about our golden childhood years in our adul...

We had World Translation Day last week. So, this time we pick up two books, both translated, both from Malayalam, both literary fiction, both by th...

Short stories are an enjoyment all their own. And especially when we want to explore a genre, or see multiple facets of a writer’s work, they’re th...

Remember when we had all the time in the world to read, as kids, but never found books that were about us? Now that we don’t have the time, we have...

Office jobs don’t feature in fiction quite as much as we’d like to, perhaps because it isn’t cool to be good at our job and just earn money, maybe?...