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A Passage to India

Navtej Sarna

The diplomatic manoeuvrings behind the East India Company

Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Nandini Das
The Covenant of Water /
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
Memoirs of Water
Nandini Nair

Abraham Verghese’s new novel is a sprawling family saga steeped in history. The physician-author speaks about medicine and writing, faith and families

America Before 1787: The Unraveling of a Colonial Regime /
America Before 1787: The Unraveling of a Colonial Regime
Jon Elster
The Unruly Road to Revolution
Siddharth Singh

The emergence of constitutional politics in America has a larger story to tell

A New History of India: From Its Origins to the Twenty-First Century /
A New History of India: From Its Origins to the Twenty-First Century
Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Shobita Punja and Toby Sinclair
Who Are We?
Mani Shankar Aiyar

Tracing the evolution of India’s unique identity

A Resurgent Northeast: Narratives of Change /
A Resurgent Northeast: Narratives of Change
Ashish Kundra
Heartbeats of the Northeast
Dhiraj Nayyar

An intimate telling of an Indian growth story

The Garden of Tales: The Best of Vijaydan Detha /
The Garden of Tales: The Best of Vijaydan Detha
Translated from Rajasthani by Vishes Kothari
Saint and Sinner
Arun AK

Stories from Rajasthan about gods, ghosts and humans

The Laughter /
The Laughter
Sonora Jha
Class Struggle
Nanditha Krishna

Fault lines on the American campus

Black River /
Black River
Nilanjana S Roy
Delhi Noir
Shylashri Shankar

A father’s search for his daughter’s killer

Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia /
Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia
Neeti Nair
‘It is a historian’s task to explain how things fall apart or come together,’ says Neeti Nair
Ullekh NP

Neeti Nair in her new book examines censorship and the state of free speech in South Asia. The historian in conversation with

One Small Voice /
One Small Voice
Santanu Bhattacharya
Ghost of the Past
Joseph Antony

A tale of how one horrific incident can echo through a life

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