Novels by Angela Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar, along with a memoir by Arundhati Roy, are finalists for the Kirkus Prize.

Fall is the time for publishers to release their most anticipated literary fiction, and this season will feature new books from Thomas Pynchon, Kiran Desai and Ian McEwan among others.

The upcoming literary season features long-awaited works from big names like Thomas Pynchon, Angela Flournoy and Kiran Desai.

Indian authorities have banned 25 books in Kashmir saying they promoted a "false narrative" and "secessionism."

Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s first memoir is coming out next fall, a book inspired by the death of her mother.

Three of this year's fiction finalists for the National Book Awards are first-time novelists, at least officially.

Since its independence in 1947, India has transformed from a poverty-stricken nation into one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

Despite clear signs India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government refused to cancel a major Hindu festival and held election rallies with thousands of unmasked supporters.