Srikar Raghavan

1 week ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Namita Gokhale |Vivek Katju |Vaishna Roy |Srikar Raghavan

Age of Mondays Lopa GhoshHarperCollins IndiaRs. 499A poignant tale about a 10-year-old girl who, faced with her mother’s sudden absence from her life, takes refuge in a magical-real forest peopled with intriguing characters. ___The Beast WithinRudraneil SenguptaContext Rs.599A police procedural set in Delhi’s posh Panchsheel area, this thriller takes a deep diving into policing while capturing the ragged pulse of the capital city.

1 week ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Srikar Raghavan |Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy

Just a few weeks ago, an autorickshaw was crunched between two city buses in Bengaluru, instantly killing the driver and an octogenarian passenger. I heard this tale from a shuddering autorickshaw driver while I was on my way to a relative’s place, only to then learn that the old man who had died was their apartment neighbour. On the same day, a bus ran over and killed a woman who was crossing the street.