Issue 53

Introduction It is one of those gnostic theorems that it is far more fun to…

Introduction Things start bad, then get worse—that’s probably as good a definition for noir as…

Introduction It is almost a modern rite of passage for a writer-- especially, male novelists--…

Introduction Growing up, Enid Blyton was one of my favourite authors. But it wasn't because…

Introduction In Ranjini Nair’s ‘Vatsalyam,’ teen-aged Lata is in a unique situation. There is nobody…

Introduction Information is power when its distribution is uneven. But controlling its distribution is a…

Introduction This story has three of my favourite things: Russian characters, book-reading Russian characters, and…

Introduction The classics—and, well, experience—would tell you that there is a point when children outgrow…