P. Sainath: ‘I wrote this book for the people in it’ In conversation with the journalist and author of The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom.
Tiger man, burning bright A fascinating omnibus edition of writings and documents connected to Jim Corbett’s life and work.
A strong dose A fascinating and authoritative book on the opaque structure of India’s drug regulations.
‘Crycrycrycry…’ This serves as a document and a testament, a creative intervention on a continuum of silencing.
Jagged notes A novel on sexual violence, this story goes beyond questions of victimisation or survival.
New books on the shelves Ghosts of the past, a detective story, a dispassionate account of the reservation policy, and more.
Himalayan panoramaRITU RAJ KONWARThe book provides a wonderful perspective of the region’s geography, demography and culture.
Political adventurerSyama Prasad Mookerjee began as a Congressman and ended up as a Mahasabhaite after a stint in the Muslim League Ministry in Bengal. Attempts to portra
Mixed metaphorsAN important feature of the neoliberal campaign in India today is the showcasing of Gujarat as a developmental miracle. A section of the media, leader
Islam in the southTwo books that provide a corrective to the wrong notions that Islamic studies are a monopoly of the north and that Islam first came to the north and s
A subaltern viewThe book’s real achievement is the way in which it has “problematised” the idea of communalism and wrenched it from its easy conceptualisations.
A tale of two economiesSAGNIK DUTTAA collection of essays that provides a comparative analysis of how the economies of India and China coped with serious challenges following liberalisa
Calcutta of yoreHootum Pyachar Naksha presents a realistic picture of 19th century Calcutta and weaves in thinly disguised references to real-life personalities of th
Turning point in ties with ChinaThis volume, like its predecessors, contains instructive material on a host of matters. No student of history can afford to neglect it.
Sino-Indian rivalry Strategic triangleOn the United States and the strategic rivalry between India and China in the Indo-Pacific region.
History Labour history of MadrasM.V. RAMANAVeeraraghavan paints a detailed portrait of the life of workers in colonial Madras in the inter-War years and places labour history in the broader con
Rani Bagh, Mumbai Queen of gardensLyla BavadamThe book tells the story of a 150-year-old garden in land-starved Mumbai through a smorgasbord of essays and attractive photographs.
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
