Read an Excerpt From Bina Shah’s A Season for Martyrs
Pakistani journalist and author Bina Shah has written extensively about Pakistan and Western perceptions of Pakistan in op-eds, including “Not My Homeland” and “The Legacy … Read more
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Read an Excerpt From Meena Kandasamy’s The Gypsy Goddess
Tamil Nadu, 1968. Village landlords rule over a feudal system that forces peasants to break their backs in the fields or suffer beatings as punishment. … Read more
Read an Excerpt From Anjali Mitter Duva’s Faint Promise of Rain
It is 1555 in the desert of Rajasthan, an outpost of resistance against a new Mughal emperor. In a family of Hindu temple dancers a … Read more
Read an Excerpt from The Paths of Marriage by Mala Kumar
The Paths of Marriage, available as a paperback and eBook starting October 1, follows three generations of Indian and Indian-American women from the harsh slums of … Read more
Read Excerpts From Innovating Women by Vivek Wadwha & Farai Chideya
Professor, researcher, and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa, alongside award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, set out to crowd-create a book featuring research, stories, and perspectives about women’s global … Read more
Read an Excerpt From Punjabi Parmesan by Pallavi Aiyar
“In sum Punjabi Parmesan is the story of the shared journey of Europe, India and China over the last tumultous decade.” — Amitav Ghosh Examining … Read more
Read An Excerpt From Mira Jacob’s ‘The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing’
Debut novelist Mira Jacob takes readers on a journey that ranges from 1970s India to suburban 1980s New Mexico to Seattle during the dot.com boom … Read more
Read an Excerpt From Amitava Kumar’s Ode to Patna ‘A Matter of Rats’
In A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna, Amitava Kumar explores his hometown taking readers through many Patnas, the myriad cities locked within the city … Read more
Read an Excerpt From A.X. Ahmad’s New Thriller: ‘The Last Taxi Ride’
In Last Taxi Ride, New York City taxi driver Ranjit Singh, hero of A.X. Ahmad’s heralded debut The Caretaker, has 10 days to prove his innocence. Bollywood film icon … Read more
Read a Chapter from Anand Pandian’s New Book ‘Ayya’s Accounts’
Ayya‘s Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India, explores the life of an ordinary man — orphan, refugee, shopkeeper, and grandfather — during a … Read more
