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The Opium Jihad

Iqbal Chand Malhotra

How Pakistan created the world’s most dangerous narco state

The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies
The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies
Iqbal Chand Malhotra
A Part Apart: The Life And Thought of BR Ambedkar /
A Part Apart: The Life And Thought of BR Ambedkar
Ashok Gopal
BR Ambedkar: A Monumental Life
Shashi Tharoor

Ashok Gopal traces the exceptional journey of Ambedkar becoming Babasaheb

The Living Air: The Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching /
The Living Air: The Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching
Aasheesh Pittie
Flights of Joy
Shail Desai

A field guide on the benefits of birdwatching

Fruits of the Barren Tree /
Fruits of the Barren Tree
Lekhnath Chhetri | Translated by Anurag Basnet
Darjeeling Express
Sharmistha Jha

A cautionary tale of a failed movement and the effects of violence on a community

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Indian Cuisine /
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Indian Cuisine
Sourish Bhattacharyya
The Great Indian Table
Sourish Bhattacharyya

The diversity of India’s food culture, from the meats of military hotels in Bengaluru to the royal munchies of Rajasthan

Now You See Us /
Now You See Us
Balli Kaur Jaswal
Maid in Singapore
Antara Raghavan

Balli Kaur Jaswal explores the complex web of relations between the country’s elite and its domestic help in her new novel

Caged Tiger : How Too Much Government Is Holding Indians Back /
Caged Tiger : How Too Much Government Is Holding Indians Back
Subhashish Bhadra
The Force Within
Kush Verma

This book on governance is more descriptive than prescriptive

Homi J Bhabha: A Life /
Homi J Bhabha: A Life
Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy
The Renaissance Physicist
Rajeev Deshpande

India’s atomic ambitions told through the life of Homi J Bhabha

A Suitable Boy /
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth: Still Suitable
Sanjay Sipahimalani

Vikram Seth’s magnum opus, reissued as a limited edition, remains relevant three decades later because it contains multitudes

Termite Fry /
Termite Fry
Zai Whitaker
Snake People
Ranjit Lal

A novel by a naturalist brings alive the Irular world

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