No matter the kind of relationship you had with your mother growing up, the Memoirs of Arundhati Roy will unlock something primal in you. Some chapters will make you want to call your mom and let her unload with you with abandonment – no matter what she says as long as you can hear the…
It couldn’t be a worse moment to be a long printed journalist. Wherever I go now, I have the impression that people do not read much or read only when a book is highly recommended by criticism and manufacturers of digital tastes. The latest Sally Rooney or Dolly Alderton is a fashionable reading club equipment,…
For many young readers feeling far from their native cultures, the translated books offer a way to go home. “The idea that people can access the cultures of their origin through a literary or cinematographic objective becomes more powerful,” explains J. Devika, translator between English and Malayalam. Unlike the millennials, who assimilated English to ascending…
While the landscape of fiction in India is struggling to attract the attention it deserves, it continues to thrive in the world, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom, with novels at the top of best-seller paintings and fuel cultural conversations. But given the literary infrastructure developed in these regions, it is not…
As is the case with all the good things on the internet, the richness of the library seems to have been twisted in a game of aesthetics rather than authenticity. Instead of a warm reading corner that signals them at the end of a long day, people focus more on the creation of personal libraries…
For 27 years, Lakshmi Myneni managed Akshara’s books through the changing literary landscape of Hyderabad. To testify to the rise of shopping centers to the survival of the pandemic, the independent bookstore has seen everything. For years, Akshara and Myneni, 67, put a lonely battle against declining reading habits, bookstore channels and incredible discounts of…
When a mysterious artist moves with the Joshi family as a paid guest, he attracts the attention of brother and sister, Tanay and Anuja, leading Tanay to explore his identity in a conservative way. Although this tenant is apparently perfect – he is ready with the rent, always offers to help and listen to Mrs….
From a new book by the author winning the Booker Arundhati Roy Prize at the next Kiran Desai love saga, Vogue brings together the most exciting books of 2025
The story looks a bit like this: she is the youngest daughter of a hungry family, she is a prince whose kingdom suffers from a curse. Although she does not know, her love is the only thing that can save her kingdom from ruin. It could be the intrigue of a children’s fairy tale –…
We can say that some of the best romantic romantic novels are those who take their time to build slow combustion tensions – and are not afraid to enter an erotic territory along the way. Perhaps you are in these moments clichés and well-being that lean into your escape fantasies. Or you browse this list…
