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Book Reviews

Valour Undimmed

Geeta Doctor

The history of Punjab through art and objects

Splendors of Punjab Heritage: Art from the Khanuja Family Collection
Parvinderjit Singh Khanuja | Edited by Paul Michael Taylor
The Dreams of a Mappila Girl: A Memoir /
The Dreams of a Mappila Girl: A Memoir
BM Zuhara | Translated by Fehmida Zakeer
Green Dreams

The memoir of a Muslim girl in Kerala seeking her identity

The Newlyweds: Three Couples Who Risked Everything for Love /
The Newlyweds: Three Couples Who Risked Everything for Love
Mansi Choksi
‘Often when love is gained, it can start to feel unheroic,’ says Mansi Choksi

Mansi Choksi’s book chronicles the lives of three young couples who chose love over all else. She speaks about what they gained and what they lost

An Indian I Am /
An Indian I Am
KK Muhammed
Truth Be Told

An archaeologist speaks out against ideological extremism

Valli /
Valli
Sheela Tomy
The Many Tongues of the Forest

Sheela Tomy’s novel tells the stories of the land and its people. She speaks to Open about bringing the Western Ghats alive in fiction

Independence Day: A People’s History  /
Independence Day: A People’s History
Veena Venugopal
Tricoloured Memories

Oral histories that conjure up the varied experiences of 1947

Kalam: The Untold Story /
Kalam: The Untold Story
RK Prasad
Why Abdul Kalam Was Denied a Second Term

On the eve of his birth anniversary on October 15, his former private secretary makes some startling revelations about the politics behind the scenes

A Case of Indian Marvels: Dazzling Stories from the Country’s Finest New Writers  /
A Case of Indian Marvels: Dazzling Stories from the Country’s Finest New Writers
Edited by David Davidar
Languorous Unfoldings

An anthology by young writers that spans Mughal nostalgia to present dystopias

In the Name of the Lord: A Nun’s Tell-All  /
In the Name of the Lord: A Nun’s Tell-All
Sister Lucy Kalapura | Translated by Nandakumar K
Speaking from the Cloisters

A chronicle of the life of a nun and her fight for justice

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