THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy
Family tale worthy of a Booker
REDISCOVERING GANDHI by Yogesh Chadha
The Mahatma reassessed
THOSE DAYS by Sunil Gangopadhyay
Fresh offering from a master storyteller
THE IDEA OF INDIA by Sunil Khilnani
Scintillating essays
BEACH BOY by Ardashir Vakil
Childhood in Mumbai
SCENES FROM A WRITER’S LIFE by Ruskin Bond
His memoirs at last
LOVE AND LONGING IN BOMBAY by Vikram Chandra
Gripping tales from the edge
GRANTA: INDIA
edited by Ian Jack
A wide-ranging collection on the many facets of Indian life, especially partition
LIBERTY OR DEATH
by Patrick French
Provocative retelling of the freedom struggle
APOCALYPSO by Jeet Thayil
Impressive poetic output
