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Indians became voters before they were citizens. Perhaps a good time to revisit the story of the greatest experiment of democracy in human history.

Benyamin's wry, tender novel of grit and loneliness is unforgettable. First published in Malayalam in 2008 and in its English-language translation in 2012, it's now received its cinematic interpretation in 2024—which we loved so much we've done a film tie-in edition too!

And the pen, of course, is mightier than the knife. Out now. Salman Rushdie

Paro by Namita Gokhale is not just a novel; it’s a cultural touchstone. Originally published 40 years ago, it went on to become a cult classic. So our ruby anniversary edition is, of course, to let it claim its status by reissuing it as a Penguin Modern Classic.

First published in Hindi in 1998, Our City That Year defies easy categorization—a time capsule, a warning siren, a desperate plea. Shree's shimmering prose in Rockwell's nuanced translation is a fever dream mirroring the disjointed reality of a city under siege. Out next month.

Out next month: written through Dr Teltumbde's own incarceration by an establishment that fails to understand just how the fight for justice endures, this book is a powerful—and peaceful—reminder of Dr Ambedkar's radical and iconoclastic vision for a free country.

What an extraordinary thing to be able to share with the world: In September 2025, we publish Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me. penguin.co.in/newsroom/booke…

Manu's too modest to say it, so I will: He's outdone himself. His most ambitious work, this book fills a crucial gap, tackling great complexity with remarkable clarity and a light touch. It's nuanced scholarship that reads effortlessly. I can't wait for the world to read it.

Beyond thrilled to share that Mohammed Hanif's next novel, Rebel English Academy, will be out next year, and it's a banger. Unflinching and hilarious, it showcases his unparalleled ability to find humour in the darkest corners of history. penguin.co.in/newsroom/pengu…

As we step into 2025, what we might need is more silence, more stillness, more reflection. Pico Iyer’s Learning from Silence is a call to pause and listen—deeply. Coming early next year.

Out in 2025: Nearly 20 years after The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai returns with a dazzling new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, and we are so proud to bring it home. 📸: M. Sharkey Details: penguin.co.in/newsroom/pengu…

‘Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.’ At long last. Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses is allowed to be sold in India after a 36-year ban. Here it is at Bahrisons Bookstore in New Delhi. 📸: Bahrisons Bookseller

Cover reveal: In September 2025, Mother Mary comes to us all. In this iconic photo by Carlo Buldrini, a young Arundhati Roy blows wisps of smoke into a future she can't yet imagine. She's daring us to look away, but we won't. The perfect cover for a book that refuses to flinch.

The 2025 International The Booker Prizes jury longlists the wonderful short story collection Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, and here's what the jury has to say about it.

And Heart Lamp continues, as the name suggests, to light up the heart as it makes it onward to the 2025 International The Booker Prizes shortlist!

Out next month and 15 years in the making, Srinath Raghavan's latest sharply examines the paradoxes and high drama of Indira Gandhi’s years in power. [And it's not a bad time at all to be paying attention to the precarious relationship between authoritarianism and leadership.]

At jaipurlitfest 2025, I spoke with Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann about last year's International The Booker Prizes winner, Kairos—about memory, love, history, guilt, and a country crumbling in the background. Private ruin, public collapse. youtube.com/watch?v=jmQPws…

And so it happens. Heart Lamp makes history by winning the International The Booker Prizes 2025, the first short story collection to ever do so. What a radical moment for literature, women and protest. The revolution, it seems, will be published after all.

At KeralaLiteratureFest in January, I had the joy of speaking with Abraham Verghese about his lush, wondrous novel, The Covenant of Water. We spoke of secrets as legacy, of how bodies carry silence, of what is inherited beyond blood. youtube.com/watch?v=0159fG…