Contemporary Indian writing in English between global fiction and transmodern historiography Introduction Stories histories theories History between secularism and speculation: in times of siege Microcosms of modernity: Sea of poppies The personal as global: Shalimar the clown The future of the past: The last jet engine laugh Historical imagination beyond memory and ideology: Solo Disclosing suppression narrating neglect: The point of return Writing the unspeakable: Fireproof Deconstructing colonial epistemologies: The thing about thugs Urban Imaginaries of Past and Present: Maximum City Songs of faith and devotion: The afusic room Conclusion