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Sriram Devatha still remembers how Naveen Pishe, of P.N. Rao Fine Suits fame, suddenly asked him to stand up and put his legs together, mid-conversation. “He (Pishe) told me that I was not bowlegged... that 90% of this country is,” says Devatha, the author of Brandgaluru-Made in Bengaluru, a book…

Other lives: Historian and author who liked to research everyday lives and unsung organisations

The US theorist and activist, who has been falsely accused of denying the importance of sex, makes a plangent appeal for gender diversity

The follow-up to The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P is a coruscating portrait of low-wage work in an American big-box store

Earl Charles Spencer has revealed the one thing Diana was 'terrified' of in childhood - and many will relate

Retiree Kannaiyan Daksnamurthy wins Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation, recognized for Tamil version of The Black Hill.

What would the world look like if we put our mates above all other relationships? Much better, says Rhaina Cohen

A reinterpretation of the Minotaur myth, poetry exploring refugee experiences and a picture book looking at the human impact on nature all feature on the shortlist judged solely by librarians

The official announcement declares that "The list heralds a second 'boom' in Latin American fiction"