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Summer with Kinthup
Dear Reader,
Anusua Mukherjee 11022
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Violence, deception, and redemption: Portrait of a marriage in Heart Tantrums
Aisha Sarwari’s memoir is an uneven book which is still worth reading because of its unflinching honesty.
Ranjana Sengupta
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New books on the shelves
A reimagination of the Biblical archetype of a “wicked woman”, an investigation into the religious taboos around sex, and much more.
Book Review
A tell-all exposé on policy battles and power games in India’s economic corridors
For those interested in how policies on the Indian economy are made and unmade, this book is a treasure trove of information.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Book Review
Hamid Dalwai: A forgotten social reformer
Despite changes in power dynamics and politics since Dalwai’s time, his demands for the reformation of the Muslim community in India are valid today.
Chittajit Mitra
Book Review
Unmasking the true nature of the Empire
David Grann’s book, which delves deeper into the “Wager affair”, distinguishes itself with a broad thematic scope.
Ajay Saini
Book Review
Babycha’s wager
Joshy Benedict’s immersive visual storytelling strategy is propelled by handmade watercolours drawn with the patience of a cathedral-builder.
Jaideep Unudurti
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‘Scent of a Bird’: A Malayalam story in translation
Translated from Malayalam by A.J. Thomas.
Madhavikutty
Allah Baksh’s Mahabharata paintings retell a timeless saga
Each image in this resplendent box set reproducing over 5,000 Mewari paintings of the epic from the 17th century is just as fresh and ebullient today.
Manjula Padmanabhan
A Rashomon-like social commentary on conservatism and misogyny
Equal parts whodunnit and social drama, Atharva Pandit’s Hurda marks the arrival of a sincere, diligent new voice in Indian English literature.
Aditya Mani Jha
Hurtling towards a water-scarce future
Shades of Blue by Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli analyses the critical, life-supporting yet toxic relationship between Indian cities and water.
Mohit M. Rao
New books on the shelves
A “pandemic novel” in translation, a biography of colonial India’s first practising lady doctor, and much more.
How to write novels? Just do it!
Writing is as much an art as a craft, much like carpentry or plumbing. Here is how I learnt it, from gurus like Stephen King and Margaret Atwood.
Aakar Patel
Third book in Anita Nair’s Inspector Gowda series is disappointing on several counts
Gowda possesses the charisma of a captivating detective, but it’s unfortunate that Nair underutilises his potential in this novel.
K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj
A worthy sequel to Animal Farm?
In Orwellian fashion, Adam Biles’ Beasts of England highlights the arduous task of protecting democracy, necessitating stiff resistance against those
Abhinav Chakraborty
Is Sufism the solution?
The book calls for reviving Sufism-influenced traditions in Muslim societies as an antidote to Wahhabism’s perceived Islamic fundamentalism.
Tabish Khair
Prabir Purkayastha: Voice of resistance
Blending memoir with political history, Purkayastha chronicles his media career from the Emergency to the present “undeclared emergency” in this book.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Mahatma Gandhi, in his own words
A new two-volume “autobiography” serves as a second act that Gandhi himself might have written if circumstances had allowed him to do so.
Ashish Mehta
A new biography delves into the turbulent life and subversive legacy of Michael Madhusudan Dutt
The book is a tribute to the enduring impact of the 19th century literary giant. However, it is marred by the biographer’s biases.
Sarbari Sinha
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