Mahasweta Devi’s best books: Grandson Tathagata Bhattacharya recommends five must-reads

The writer-activist once told her grandson that she was appreciated for the wrong reasons. Recalling that conversation, he lists five works that he believes are the most powerful

4 min readJul 27, 2026 10:37 PM IST Keigo Higashino, the bestselling Japanese crime novelist. Readers across the world are mourning the death of Keigo Higashino, the bestselling Japanese crime novelist, at the age of 68. Over a four-decade career, he flipped the whodunit formula, indulging in a variety of well-done exp