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Ashoka: The King Who Said Sorry

Upinder Singh

Patrick Olivelle’s riveting portrait of Ashoka brings out the universalism of the virtuous ruler

Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King

Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King

Patrick Olivelle

The Day I Became A Runner: A Women’s History of India Through the Lens of Sport /

The Day I Became A Runner: A Women’s History of India Through the Lens of Sport

Sohini Chattopadhyay

Racing Against Time

Sumana Ramanan

What the women runners reveal about Indian society

Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns /

Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

MJ Akbar

The Moral Realist

MJ Akbar

Gandhi’s sympathy for Jews did not blind him to injustice against Arabs

The Sufi’s Nightingale /

The Sufi’s Nightingale

Sarbpreet Singh

Longing in Lahore

Chintan Girish Modi

The many secrets of love and faith

Another India:Events, Memories, People /

Another India:Events, Memories, People

Chandan Gowda

Of Kings and Mystics

V Shoba

Glimpses into India’s moral traditions

Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East /

Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East

Uri Kaufman

Who by His Own Hand?

Sudeep Paul

A new book on the October 1973 Yom Kippur War provides an inadvertent insight into what went wrong for Israel on October 7, 2023

Indian Cookery /

Indian Cookery

Madhur Jaffrey

Madhur Jaffrey: Kitchen Confidante

Nandini Nair

The 40th anniversary edition of Madhur Jaffrey’s cult cook book is a reminder of the food traditions that change and those that do not. The actor, author, and chef speaks to

Attraction, Love, Sex: The Inside Story /

Attraction, Love, Sex: The Inside Story

Simon LeVay

‘The Biggest Myth Related to Sex Is Sexual Orientation’

Bhavya Dore

Simon LeVay in his new book unravels the secrets of sex. The British-American neuroscientist speaks to Bhavya Dore about fetishes and fantasies

Sakina’s Kiss /

Sakina’s Kiss

Vivek Shanbhag |Translated from Kannada by Srinath Perur

Family Truths

Sanjay Sipahimalani

An exploration of the Indian middle-class psyche

Women In the Wild: Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists /

Women In the Wild: Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists

Edited by Anita Mani

Ladies of the Land

Sejal Mehta

Celebrating women who have pioneered research and conservation

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