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Violent Affairs

Karthik Shankar

KR Meera’s work confounds and illuminates difficult relationships

The Angel’s Beauty Spots: Three Novellas

The Angel’s Beauty Spots: Three Novellas

KR Meera (Translated from the Malayalam by J. Devika)

A Life Full of Adventure: Leader of India’s Epic Ascent of Everest in 1965 /

A Life Full of Adventure: Leader of India’s Epic Ascent of Everest in 1965

Captain MS Kohli

Man of the Peaks

Shail Desai

A chronicle of Indian mountaineering through the life of MS Kohli

The Case That Shook the Empire: One Man’s Fight for the Truth About the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre /

The Case That Shook the Empire: One Man’s Fight for the Truth About the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat

The Malabar Angle

Madhavi Thampi

A singular fight against the Empire

The Great Repression: The Story of Sedition in India /

The Great Repression: The Story of Sedition in India

Chitranshul Sinha

Mind Your Speech

Malavika Rajkumar

How governments across time have used sedition to suppress freedom

Prelude to a Riot /

Prelude to a Riot

Annie Zaidi

Surface Tensions

Urvashi Bahuguna

Making sense of the parochial mind

An Orchestra of Minorities /

An Orchestra of Minorities

Chigozie Obioma

When Worlds Meet

Bhavya Dore

Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma, seen as the heir to Chinua Achebe, writes a love story wrapped in folklore

The Dutch House /

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

Family Trauma

Bhavya Dore

Ann Patchett’s new novel is about heartbreaks and healing

Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law /

Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law

Bruce Ackerman

Fraught States

Suhrith Parthasarathy

The trouble in believing that constitutional crises around the world are symptoms of the same disease

Love to Hurt You /

Love to Hurt You

Rahul Saini

Sense and Sensuality

Rahul Saini

The erotic in India ranges from the subtle to the violent

The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood /

The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood

Shuja Nawaz

Pakistan’s Dilemma

Ullekh NP

Shuja Nawaz offers an insider’s perspective on strained US-Pakistan ties and challenges for India’s hostile neighbour

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