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Book Reviews

‘This idea of progress is one of the most terrible myths,’ says Amitav Ghosh

Nandini Nair

Amitav Ghosh talks about his new book that charts the transformative effect of the poppy on the making of the world in a conversation with

Marginlands: Indian Landscapes on the Brink  /
Marginlands: Indian Landscapes on the Brink
Arati Kumar-Rao
Ear to the Ground

An environmentalist charts the stories of India’s vulnerable lands

Unspoken  /
Unspoken
Sharmistha Gooptu
Mothers and Daughters

A journey into lost love and its lingering trauma

The Indian President: An Insider’s Account of the Zail Singh Years (1982-87) /
The Indian President: An Insider’s Account of the Zail Singh Years (1982-87)
KC Singh
The President’s Man

Giani Zail Singh’s tenure reveals the limits and possibilities of the highest office

History’s Angel /
History’s Angel
Anjum Hasan
Prisoner of the Present

Anjum Hasan’s new novel is about a middle-aged history teacher living in Delhi

A Man from Motihari /
A Man from Motihari
Abdullah Khan
Searching for Orwell

Fantasy and reality tell of a struggling writer from Bihar

Breakup: A Marriage In Wartime /
Breakup: A Marriage In Wartime
Anjan Sundaram
Lost in Battle

The personal price a reporter pays to witness a war

Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City /
Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City
Swapna Liddle | Visual curators: Pramod Kapoor and Sneha Pamneja
Delhi on the Map

When cartography reveals a city’s cultural history

Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century /
Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
Joya Chatterji
The Rage of the Liberals

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

Malayalam short stories on gender inequalities

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