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Book Reviews

Dog Days

Manik Sharma

Stories from Gorakhpur where fact and fiction merge

Echoes from Forgotten Mountains: Tibet in War and Peace /
Echoes from Forgotten Mountains: Tibet in War and Peace
Jamyang Norbu
Jamyang Norbu: Memory Keeper

Jamyang Norbu’s new book is part memoir and part history of modern Tibet. The former guerrilla speaks about how he got swept into the resistance movement, offending the Dalai Lama, and the challenges of telling the truth

Modi: The Challenge of 2024 /
Modi: The Challenge of 2024
Minhaz Merchant
Modi In 2024

How to win India and influence history

A Walk up the Hill: Living with People and Nature /
A Walk up the Hill: Living with People and Nature
Madhav Gadgil
Madhav Gadgil: The Man On the Hill

Madhav Gadgil relives his fascination with the natural world in his memoir. The veteran ecologist talks to

Stolen Hours and other Curiosities /
Stolen Hours and other Curiosities
Manjula Padmanabhan
Fantastical Futures

Short stories where reality is delivered with many a twist

Following A Prayer /
Following A Prayer
Sundar Sarukkai
Speech and Silence

Women in a village ask questions on faith and belief

An Island’s Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket /
An Island’s Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket
Nicholas Brookes
Lion’s Share

The triumphs and tragedy of Sri Lankan cricket

How Prime Ministers Decide /
How Prime Ministers Decide
Neerja Chowdhury
Power Portraits

Neerja Chowdhury reveals the inner workings of six Indian prime ministers

The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao /
The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao
Lindsay Pereira
Mayhem in the Metropolis

An elegy to a Mumbai destroyed by greed and cynicism

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