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The First Reels

Bhavya Dore

Behind-the-scenes photographs of Bombay Talkies reveal the early days of Indian cinema

Bombay Talkies: An Unseen History of Indian Cinema

Bombay Talkies: An Unseen History of Indian Cinema

Debashree Mukherjee

Chronicle of an Hour and a Half /

Chronicle of an Hour and a Half

Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari

Anatomy of a Scandal

Prathap Nair

When village gossip turns into vigilantism

The Lighthouse Family /

The Lighthouse Family

Firat Sunel | Translated by Feyza Howell

‘The trauma of forced migration is in our genes,’ says Firat Sunel

Sudeep Paul

The Turkish Ambassador to India Firat Sunel talks about his novel now translated into English and the challenges of writing fiction as a diplomat

Snakes, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll: My Early Years /

Snakes, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll: My Early Years

Romulus Whitaker with Janaki Lenin

Born To Be Wild

Ranjit Lal

From Romulus Whitaker to India’s Snakeman

Swadeshi Steam: VO Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle Against the British Maritime Empire /

Swadeshi Steam: VO Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle Against the British Maritime Empire

AR Venkatachalapathy

VO Chidambaram Pillai: Patriot of the Seas

V Shoba

The Tamil revolutionary who challenged British maritime power

Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan /

Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan

Ruby Lal

Free Spirit

Urvashi Bahuguna

A portrait of a Mughal princess as an adventurer

Holding Time Captive: A Biography of Ebrahim Alkazi /

Holding Time Captive: A Biography of Ebrahim Alkazi

Amal Allana

An Epic Act

Amal Allana

How Ebrahim Alkazi changed the Hindi theatre

The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked over a Japanese Non-Invasion /

The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked over a Japanese Non-Invasion

Mukund Padmanabhan

The Phantom Invasion

Kishan S Rana

How British panic at the Japanese threat aggravated Indian suffering in 1942

Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe /

Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam Sanghera: The Empire Raider

Nandini Nair

British Indian writer Sathnam Sanghera in his new book traces the imperial legacy across the globe. He tells why complete cultural decolonisation is difficult

The Wizard of the Kremlin /

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Giuliano da Empoli

A Portrait of Putin the Terrible

S Prasannarajan

A retired Rasputin shines a light on the Kremlin’s dark heart

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