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Book review
Political brain drain
How migration becomes one of the most powerful drivers of democracy and brings about significant socioeconomic and political changes in home countries
Shelley Walia
Book Review
The fledgling poet
Jerry Pinto’s third novel does not have the depth and intensity of Em and the Big Hoom but tells a likeable story.
Manohar Shetty
Book review
Interrogating the nation state
A book that searches for answers to the problems with the making of India’s nationhood.
Ajay Gudavarthy
Book Review
White anxiety
The characters start becoming aware of the psychology of skin colour only towards the end.
Anil Menon
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New books on the shelves
An economic history of the 20th century, time travel, crime thrillers, and more.
Counter Culture
Books of a kind
There are books that arm you with a spirit of kindness as you prepare yourself to encounter the world.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Institutions
House of knowledge: The fascinating aura of the British Library
Celebrating 50 years in 2023, the British Library is brought to life by excellent staff.
Siddharth Pandey
More stories from Books
Brick by brick: A chronicle of Ramu Katakam’s life and work
This book also maps the changes in India’s architecture over the past 75 years.
Artes-Roots Collaborative
The works of Narayana Guru: Translating spirituality
A translation remarkable for the lightness and clarity it brings to his seemingly difficult verses.
A.J. Thomas
New books on the shelves
A range of refreshing reads, from South Africa’s slave ship history to Ambedkar up close and personal.
The advocate vanishes
This unputdownable true crime story reconstructs a 1980s’ political murder in Karnataka.
Aditya Sinha
Saving Angelo da Fonseca
It validates his attempts to forge a hybrid art that was neither completely Western nor Indian.
Geeta Doctor
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