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Book Reviews

What’s in a Name?

Madhulika Liddle

Identities are interchangeable in Malayalam author Benyamin’s new short stories

Marquez, EMS, Gulam and Others Selected Short Stories
Benyamin | Translated by Swarup BR
My Life As A Comrade: The Story of an Extraordinary Politician and the World That Shaped Her /
My Life As A Comrade: The Story of an Extraordinary Politician and the World That Shaped Her
KK Shailaja | With Manju Sara Rajan
People’s Minister

KK Shailaja’s memoir is an uplifting Kerala story

Tirukkural: The Book of Desire  /
Tirukkural: The Book of Desire
Tiruvalluvar | Translated by Meena Kandasamy
Sense and Sensuality

A feminist translation of an ancient Tamil text about love and longing

The Bandit Queens /
The Bandit Queens
Parini Shroff
Parini Shroff: The Queen’s Gambit

Parini Shroff’s debut novel is packed with useless husbands and spunky women. The author speaks about bringing comedy and tragedy together in an Indian village

I See the Face /
I See the Face
Shahidul Zahir | Translated by V Ramaswamy
Monkey Business

A dream-like sequence, set around two boys, of the history of Bangladesh

Golconda–Hyderabad 1975/1996/2012: A Photographic Essay /
Golconda–Hyderabad 1975/1996/2012: A Photographic Essay
Thomas Luttge and Hans Winterberg | Edited by Heiko Sievers
The Soft and Hard City

A photographer’s personal journey charts Hyderabad’s trajectory

The Blue Women /
The Blue Women
Anukrti Upadhyay
A Dragon in the Garden

When people encounter the unknown

Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire /
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Nandini Das
A Passage to India

The diplomatic manoeuvrings behind the East India Company

The Covenant of Water /
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
Memoirs of Water

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

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

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