As former newsmagazine editor Tarun Tejpal’s case returns to the spotlight, eShe’s fourth Book Club discussion took up author Shuma Raha’s latest novel that asks: what happens to the family of a man accused of sexual violence?
Register for eShe’s first Book Club discussion on 28 February 2026, where you can share your views about our Book of the Month ‘Intemperance’ and interact with the author Sonora Jha.
Fiction lovers, we have three awesome recommendations for you this month – new novels from Kiran Manral, Puneet Sikka and Preeti Shenoy. Start reading!
We’re covering upcoming new fiction titles by Nayantara Violet Alva, Farzana Doctor, Trisha Das and Akshita Nanda.
These five works of fiction by women authors are set against the backdrop of the Independence and Partition of India, and inspire us with their strong, resilient characters who survive turbulent times.
Reviews of ‘The Bombay Prince’ by Sujata Massey set in pre-Independence India, and ‘Small Pleasures’ by Clare Chambers set in the suburbs of 1950s London.
Popular authors Anuja Chauhan and Shabnam Minwalla are out with exciting new whodunnits for mystery lovers.
New York author Manreet Sodhi Someshwar on the Punjab factor in her writing, the Indian farmer protests, and the #MeToo element in her new book.
Pakistani author Bina Shah on women’s rights and writing feminist dystopia that is not too far removed from women’s reality in South Asia.
Three Indian authors whose new novels are set in the 1990s share their favourite memories and pop culture references from this period.
Award-winning author and poet Mieko Kawakami on patriarchy in Japanese society, and her new bestseller ‘Breasts and Eggs’.
After working as an engineer for two decades, SB Divya now weaves incredible sci-fi tales in her second career as author.
Here are our top three novels of the month.
Two gripping novels by two commanding literary voices have us hooked.
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