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‘I write more with my ears than my eyes,’ says Mohsin Hamid

Nandini Nair

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

The Last White Man

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid

The China Freedom Trap /

The China Freedom Trap

Dolkun Isa

My mother died in a Chinese concentration camp

Uncovering the Uyghur genocide

The Bellboy /

Anees Salim

The Bellboy

Fiction

The Wait and Other Stories /

The Wait and Other Stories

Damodar Mauzo | Translated from Konkani by Xavier Cota

Goa of the Mind

Imagining the sweep of diversity

Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK /

Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK

The Coven of Chums

Simon Kuper’s new book uncovers the ‘Oxford flaws’. He tells Ullekh NP why Brexit’s origins lie in the elite British institution

The Frugal to the Ornate: Stories of the Seat in India /

The Frugal to the Ornate: Stories of the Seat in India

Sarita Sundar

The Seat of Power

The cultural evolution of the Indian chair

Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia /

Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia

Farah Ahamed

Truths and Taboos

An anthology on the differences and commonalities of menstruation in South Asia

A Small Step in A Long Journey: A Memoir /

A Small Step in A Long Journey: A Memoir

Akkai Padmashali

Claiming her Identity

An activist’s account of trying to change attitudes toward the transgender community

Blue Sky, White Cloud /

Blue Sky, White Cloud

Nirmal Ghosh

Jungle Books

Three novellas that give voice to the wild

Big Snake, Little Snake: An Inquiry into Risk /

Big Snake, Little Snake: An Inquiry into Risk

DBC Pierre

The Gambler’s Choice

Karthik Keramalu

Calculating risks through mathematics and some philosophy

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