A Completely Human AI-Generated Reading List for the Indian Summer
Satire: The solution to AI mimicking humans is to have humans mimic the AI that mimics the human. From Vikram Chandra and Salman Rushdie to mythological adventures and a popcorny topsy-turvy romance, here is our preview of the 15 hottest and thoroughly fraudulent Indian books for the 2025 summer. By Karan Madhok
Bleeding Past the Taboos: A new anthology on menstrual health in South Asia
Edited by Farah Ahamed, essays and stories in the anthology Period Matters confront directly with the issues of pain, health care, dignity, and social taboos around menstruation in South Asia. By Shreemayee Das
‘It’s Fair to Suggest that We Live in Two Indias’ – An Interview with Shashi Tharoor
MP and author Shashi Tharoor speaks about the legacy of B.R. Ambedkar, the British Rule, and puts forth an argument for a presidential system of governance in India. By Medha Dutta Yadav
Pandemic, History, Democracy, and Chai: Previewing the Indian Non-Fiction Palette of 2022
New visions of the past, fresh perspectives on the present, and big questions for the future. From Barkha Dutt and Nandita Iyer to Ramachandra Guha and Neerja Chowdhury, Saurabh Sharma previews the most-anticipated Indian non-fiction releases in 2022.
Maha-India: Revisiting the brave complexities of Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel
Why Shashi Tharoor’s satirical 1989 masterpiece The Great Indian Novel—which married India’s recent history with The Mahabharata—is as relevant as ever in today’s polarising times. - by Atulya Pathak