On the first feminist science fiction in the Subcontinent.
'Hasan Ki Surat-e-Haal' marks an important formal departure from Pakistan’s Urdu literature.
Sonia Faleiro's book on the Birbhum gang rape is riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions.
A new documentary looks at the build-up to the Muzaffarnagar riots and the aftermath.
Awadhendra Sharan's 'In the City, Out of Place' might be the most important book on Delhi in recent times.
‘Rendezvous With Rebels’ explores the links between Burma and the insurgency in India’s Northeast.
The history of Southasians in America is richer than the discourse suggests.
A critical examination of literature that points to the possibilities of social and political change.
The latest book on Tibet’s environmental degradation shows how any attempt to save the plateau’s ecosystem must come from within China.
India’s Supreme Court in the age of neoliberalism.
A new collection of poems on Benaras explores the city’s depth and complexity.
Prajwal Parajuly's two books – published in Southasia and around the world in 2013 and 2014 – were accompanied by a large marketing fanfare. The Gurkha's Daughter – a