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Delhi on the Map

Giles Tillotson

When cartography reveals a city’s cultural history

Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City

Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City

Swapna Liddle | Visual curators: Pramod Kapoor and Sneha Pamneja

Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century /

Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

Joya Chatterji

The Rage of the Liberals

Joya Chatterji

When they pushed Gandhi to the sidelines after the Chauri Chaura violence of 1922

Subversive Whispers /

Subversive Whispers

Manasi | Translated from Malayalam by J Devika

Female Rage

Parni Ray

Malayalam short stories on gender inequalities

India’s Blind Spot: Understanding and Managing our Cities /

India’s Blind Spot: Understanding and Managing our Cities

Devashish Dhar

Can India’s Cities be Saved?

Rajeev Deshpande

In “India’s Blind Spot” Devashish Dhar examines how unworkable rules and laws distorted India’s land market and how data, technology and pragmatic planning is way forward

Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange /

Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange

Kevin Gosztola

The Good Fight

Ullekh NP

The trial of Julian Assange and its implications for press freedom

The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies /

The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies

Iqbal Chand Malhotra

The Opium Jihad

Iqbal Chand Malhotra

How Pakistan created the world’s most dangerous narco state

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

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