Akankshya Abismruta

Yiyun Li is an award-winning Chinese-American author with multiple novels and short story collections to her name

The strength of Searches, despite its banal moments, lies in the breathing space allowed to each digital experiment without judgments or definitive conclusions

This book doesn't call for action to abolish the caste system - yet it leaves the reader wanting to do away with it

Nautch, a corrupted pronunciation of naach, fascinated the author in his childhood. As a practice, the tawaifs didn't let their children near their performances and patrons

The book blends memoir, recipes, and resistance, portraying Iranian women prisoners who turn baking into an act of defiance and solidarity

An interesting aspect of the rebellion in Iran is the power of mourning mothers. Since the 1980s, kinship among grieving mothers has been a driver of political engagement

Through an eclectic collection of essays spanning subjects from suicide to physiology, On Failing creates space for failure to exist-without forcing life lessons down anyone's throat

This anthology successfully subverts the social dynamics of men and women in patriarchy, and centres women as the subjects of their exploration

I Am What I Am is not merely a linear recounting of a life in service. In parts, it reads like an action-packed thriller

Diving into Everyday Reading raises many questions. Did the consumer become a passive viewer with the rise of television as opposed to active participation in the magazines?

The book reveals the India that once was, a plural state for which the liberal elite waxes nostalgic, and the India that could be by defeating rising Islamophobia

There is a figurative divide between the old city and Cyberabad, a tension between Hyderabad's history and its future, raising the central question of Beyond Biryani: Does history hinder development?

This extensively researched biography reads like a novel, without academic jargon, that sucks readers into its smoothly flowing narration