A novel set in the near future and a work of non fiction set in Palestine both read like they are straight out of a dystopian nightmare

From a biography of a pioneering anthropologist to a book on the wonderful old trees of India, another on the history of travel and a prize winning...

From a biography of a pioneering anthropologist to a book on the wonderful old trees of India, another on the history of travel and a prize winning...

A history-in-progress that shows how colonial authority and anticolonial resistance, warfare and nationalism, partitions, and postcolonial...

A history-in-progress that shows how colonial authority and anticolonial resistance, warfare and nationalism, partitions, and postcolonial...

Dystopian novels, the autobiography of a theatre stalwart, a photographer’s turn to pastels, and books on AI, Dalit food, and India’s near east...

Dystopian novels, the autobiography of a theatre stalwart, a photographer’s turn to pastels, and books on AI, Dalit food, and India’s near east...

Shubnum Khan’s latest novel reads much like eating a Durban curry. It throws together life’s boldest flavours, from grief and vengeance, to love...

A series of reflections on people who found themselves in an abyss, and used their traditions and personal beliefs to seek consolation

A series of reflections on people who found themselves in an abyss, and used their traditions and personal beliefs to seek consolation