Difficult Daughtersby Manju Kapur is a haunting tale of the often self-debilitating rewards of women's liberation. This family saga is also an allegory for the travails of a nation seeking independence and struggling with the effects of Partition
The Madwoman of Jogare by Sohaila Abdulali contrasts two kinds of yuppies in a rural idyll, one respecting the primacy of the soil, the other driven by construction greed. A narrative made livelier by the madwoman who foretells the monsoon
All the characters in The Everest Hotel by I. Allan Sealy survive on the periphery of their worlds, yet their lives are delicately cadenced with the changing seasons. A novel about death and rebirth, a passing India and current turbulence
Tivolem by Victor Rangel Ribeiroevokes the Goa of the 1930s when it was still a Portuguese colony. When three men and a woman return to their village, they bring with them whiffs of change as well as grist for the local rumour mill.
Amal Chatterjee's Across the Lakes follows the lives of four very different characters who meet with tragic consequences. Redolent with Calcutta nostalgia and lyrical in parts, this debut novel reflects the life and times of a complex city.
