Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘The state will come after the defenceless’ ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ is on the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist.
A passage to Japan The author’s gift is to walk through the doors of other people’s homes and discover their inner lives.
Old plot, new yarn The author has chosen to revive the century-old Bhawal case, interweaving facts with fiction.
A rereading of Kerala modernity The mongraph revisits the all-encompassing influence of the Left but also lays bare its weaknesses.
The fragment in history It seeks to foreground the unextraordinary, neglected pieces of evidence in the history writing of early India.
A growth story, retoldC.T. KURIENAn attempt to show that the “mysterious” Orient was not a “changeless” entity, carefully avoiding “ideology-tainted concepts”.
Sincere rebelSHELLEY WALIAOn the impact of Howard Zinn’s daring and rousing speeches on his students and political thinkers and activists all around the world.
Nuclear questionsT.R. GOVINDARAJANThe book brings out the lack-lustre progress of India on the nuclear power front.
Approaching socialismC.T. KURIENA well-documented introduction to the approaches to socialism in different parts of the globe.
Invisible labourT.K. RAJALAKSHMIThe book argues for a gendered and political perspective on the trajectory of development and its impact on women.
Enriching studyPARUL PANDYA DHARHistorical perspectives on the aesthetic expressions and visual culture of the Jainas.
Devaluation and growthG. SRINIVASANAn in-depth examination of the effect of devaluation of currency on exports, trade and economic growth.
Politics How a mosque became a templeA. G. NOORANA timely and revealing book on the takeover of the Babri Masjid on the night of December 22-23, 1949. The authors’ political sophistication emerges fr
On city margins CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT, the French social scientist, has emerged as one of the leading interpreters of Indian society and politics. His earlier
Of life and deathR. K. RAGHAVANThe books in review dwell on state arbitrariness in criminal justice and the subject of an effective alternative to capital punishment.
Ethics matterVikram KapurIt was his unwavering devotion to his craft that won Yeats a place in literary immortality. As a man, however, his legacy is far less unequivocal.
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
