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Book Reviews

A Way from Death to Life

Madhulika Liddle

Naga folklore and modern life come together in this folk fantasy novel

India’s Science Geniuses and the Problems They are Solving /
India’s Science Geniuses and the Problems They are Solving
Archana Sharma and Spoorthy Raman
Scientific Temper

Is the Nobel Prize the ultimate measure of achievement in science?

Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya  /
Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya
Akshaya Mukul
Agyeya: Being Human

A multi-layered biography of Agyeya, a foundational figure of modern Hindi literature

Bitter Orange Tree /
Bitter Orange Tree
Jokha Alharthi
‘Grief takes many shapes In the novel,’ says Jokha Alharthi

Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s new book chronicles a young woman’s attempts to understand home and belonging. The author in conversation with Open

Breaking Free /
Breaking Free
Vaasanthi | Translated by N Kalyan Raman
The Dance of Freedom

An intergenerational story about Devadasis

Managing Arts in Times of Pandemics and Beyond /
Managing Arts in Times of Pandemics and Beyond
A Damodaran
The Art of Eternity

How to prepare the post-pandemic cultural world for its digital future

Don’t Trust Your Gut: Using Data Instead of Instinct to Make Better Choices /
Don’t Trust Your Gut: Using Data Instead of Instinct to Make Better Choices
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
‘Art is a great area to study luck’

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz’s new book deals with what the right data can tell us about who we are and how we might make our lives better. The economist in conversation with

The Last White Man /
The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid
‘I write more with my ears than my eyes,’ says Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid’s new book upends the idea of racial categories. He speaks about why his novels are love stories

The Bellboy /
The Bellboy
Anees Salim
The Bellboy

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