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Goa of the Mind

Resh Susan

Imagining the sweep of diversity

The Wait and Other Stories
The Wait and Other Stories
Damodar Mauzo | Translated from Konkani by Xavier Cota
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
Ullekh NP

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
Sarita Sundar

The cultural evolution of the Indian chair

Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia /
Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia
Farah Ahamed
Truths and Taboos
Fehmida Zakeer

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
Saurabh Sharma

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
Prerna Bindra

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

Crimson Spring /
Crimson Spring
Navtej Sarna
‘I want to treat facts of history as sacred,’ says Navtej Sarna
Nandini Nair

Navtej Sarna’s new novel recounts the horrors of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The author and diplomat speaks to Nandini Nair about writing the history of Punjab and the freedom struggle through fiction

The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution /
The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution
Nils Melzer
The Inconvenient Dissident
Ullekh NP

The persecution of Julian Assange is the criminalisation of investigative journalism

Vernacular English: Reading the Anglophone in Postcolonial India /
Vernacular English: Reading the Anglophone in Postcolonial India
Akshya Saxena
Resistance Tongue
Akshya Saxena

English has always been imagined as an ally of the Dalit struggle

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