The Byword/New Releases
Pankaj Udhas recollects the first time he met Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Excerpted from Music By Laxmikant Pyarelal: The Incredibly Melodious Journey by Rajiv Vijayakar (Rs. 595, pp 344), with permission from Rupa Publications
Read more >>Off With Their Heads — Excerpts from A Thousand Cuts: An Innocent Question and Deadly Answers
A chilling account of religious extremism based on a true story
Read more >>Sarayu Srivatsa’s new novel, That Was, is a sweeping coming-of-age story, steeped in childhood memory
Excerpted from That Was by Sarayu Srivatsa (Platypus Press, UK; $22.00, pp. 208)
Read more >>