It isn’t just the entertaining plots and lighthearted optimism of her books. What makes Anuja Chauhan an icon is her refusal to fit in. Lead photo by Rohit Chawla.
Divorce in Islam is at the centre of a heated tug-of-war between political parties and religious bodies in India. But the most ignored voice is the one the debate seeks to empower.
The first chapter of Neel Mukherjee’s second novel is so close to home, it makes you squirm in your seat and nearly shut the book and have nothing more to do with it.