(RNS) — 'Queen Esther' is a literary riffing on a biblical story. It also might be the most sympathetic treatment of Jewish themes by a non-Jewish novelist in decades.

Viral news: 9-year-old Esther Lalduhawmi Hnamte from Mizoram has come into the spotlight after receiving an honour from President Droupadi Murmu. The ceremony was held in Delhi on December 26, when ...