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Haunted Spectres

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Eleven stories that tell of refuge and exile

The World with Its Mouth Open
The World with Its Mouth Open
Zahid Rafiq
For The Love of Apricots /
For The Love of Apricots
Madhulika Liddle
Second Chances
Chintan Girish Modi

In the Kumaon Hills an unlikely couple celebrate food and love

AMU: Institution of Learning or Identity /
AMU: Institution of Learning or Identity
Anil Maheshwari and Arjun Maheshwari
AMU: Little Biographies
Shaan Kashyap

In Maheshwaris’ account, the history of AMU reads like a tragedy

Malabar, Mysore, and a Tale of Two Sultans /
Malabar, Mysore, and a Tale of Two Sultans
Pushpa Kurup
Hero or Villain?
K Kunhikrishnan

The contested legacy of Tipu Sultan and his father

The Last Maharaja Of Indore: Yeshwant Rao Holkar Ii – Aesthete, Patron, Tragic Prince /
The Last Maharaja Of Indore: Yeshwant Rao Holkar Ii – Aesthete, Patron, Tragic Prince
Géraldine Lenain | Translated by Sindhuja Veeraragavan
King Cool
Giles Tillotson

The last maharaja of Indore was both a dashing and doomed figure

The Other Sister /
The Other Sister
Amrita Tripathi
Lonely in the Crowd
Madhulika Liddle

An exploration of young lives caught in flux

Masala Mandi: A Guide to the World Of Indian Spice Blends /
Masala Mandi: A Guide to the World Of Indian Spice Blends
Sadaf Hussain
Spice Trail
Sourish Bhattacharyya

A portrait of India through its flavours

Chhaunk I On Food, Economics and Society /
Chhaunk I On Food, Economics and Society
Abhijit Banerjee | Illustrations by Cheyenne Olivier
A Man of Taste
Madhavankutty Pillai

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee stirs up a feast with recipes and analysis

Mad About Cuba /
Mad About Cuba
Ullekh NP
Kannur to Cuba
Pushpa Kurup

A journalist unearths Kerala’s many ties with the land of Che

A Drop in the Ocean: The Story of My Life /
A Drop in the Ocean: The Story of My Life
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed
A Partial Portrait
Shaan Kashyap

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed’s memoir helps decode the paradoxes of the Indian elite

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