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Interview
Emily Perkins: ‘As a woman, you’re always aware that you’re not the default position’
In conversation with the award-winning New Zealand writer.
David Pine
Book review
An unbearable lightness
Salman Rushdie’s latest novel reminds one of the importance of recognising that people cannot be remade according to your own wishes.
Mukund Padmanabhan
Book review
Documenting 150 years of Christianity in Nagaland
This graphic non-fiction work animates the people and places associated with the momentous event.
Anusua Mukherjee
BOOK REVIEW
A bite of history
The book is as much a deep-dive into the breathtaking smorgasbord of Calcutta’s cuisine.
Shuma Raha
Interview
Chuden Kabimo: ‘Translated books influenced me a lot’
Song of the Soil is the English translation of Kabimo’s debut novel in Nepali, Fatsung.
Anusua Mukherjee
Essay
Rachna Books beckons the book-loving tourist in Gangtok
Song of the Soil, a book it had published, was shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature in 2022.
Anusua Mukherjee
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New books on the shelves
An award-winning novel in translation, the storied life of the nightingale of India, and more.
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Of love, loss, and redemption
An accomplished historian’s novel with a well-researched historical backdrop and narrated with ease and fluency.
Tabish Khair
Against the grain
The book dives into the actual reality of life in Kashmir, disproving the Centre’s official narrative of normalcy.
Anando Bhakto
Anuradha Bhasin: ‘Fears of a demographic change valid’
In conversation with the veteran journalist and author of ‘A Dismantled State’.
Anando Bhakto
‘The Religious Enterprise’ by K.M. Shrimali is a deep dive into matters of faith
The two volumes serve as a comprehensive history of religious traditions in early India.
R. Mahalakshmi
A strong dose
A fascinating and authoritative book on the opaque structure of India’s drug regulations.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
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