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Book Reviews

Friends in Need

Chintan Girish Modi

Two men grapple with the cost of success and the draw of the arts

The Comeback
Annie Zaidi
Theft /
Theft
Abdulrazak Gurnah
‘Colonialism Is a Kind of Theft,’ says Abdulrazak Gurnah

Abdulrazak Gurnahís new novel tells of the uneasy passage into adulthood. The Nobel Prize winning-author speaks to Nandini Nair

Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography  /
Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography
Sachin Nandha
Speculative History

Sachin Nandha’s biography of Hedgewar tries to paint a nuanced picture of the RSS founder but fails

The Tiger’s Share /
The Tiger’s Share
Keshava Guha
Eco Friction

Many fissures of Delhi come alive in Keshava Guha's novel

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories /
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Banu Mushtaq | Translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi
Feminist Fire

Banu Mushtaq’s stories that are both folkloric and contemporary make it to the International Booker Prize shortlist

Tales from Qabristan  /
Tales from Qabristan
Sabin Iqbal
A Place Called Grief

A boy navigates love, life and death in a Kerala village

Unknown City /
Unknown City
Amitabha Bagchi
The Inward Gaze

Amitabha Bagchi’s new novel is a meditation on relationships

Learning from Silence /
Learning from Silence
Pico Iyer
‘The best of us resides in our silent self,’ says Pico Iyer

The rewards of silence and solitude are more than personal. Pico Iyer discusses his new book with

The Search for India’s Rarest Birds /
The Search for India’s Rarest Birds
Edited by Shashank Dalvi and Anita Mani
Flights of Fancy

On the trail of the subcontinent’s most enigmatic birds

Great Eastern Hotel /
Great Eastern Hotel
Ruchir Joshi
Return to Calcutta

Ruchir Joshi’s new novel is about an epic city teeming with stories

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