New Delhi, July 13 -- In a society like India where the elderly, more so women in that age bracket, are relegated to the margins, Jasreen Mayal Khanna offers a fresh counterpoint. Inspired by her own nani who refused to play by the rules, she profiles 12 daredevil women who have boldly redefined their identities in the autumn of their lives and proved that age is nothing but a number.

Published by Pan Macmillan, 280 pages, Rs.399.

In a world of rising authoritarian politics, P. Lankesh's Kannada play in translation, first published over three decades ago, assumes a striking significance. With Nadir Shah, the Persian emperor who sacked Delhi, at its centre, the play focuses on questions of morality, institutional failure and the dangerou...