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Book Reviews

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jezebel /
Jezebel
KR Meera | Translated into English by Abhirami Girija Sriram and KS Bijukumar
KR Meera: The Rebel’s Credo

KR Meera’s latest novel blends mythology and history. The Malayalam author tells Aditya Mani Jha about creating strong women characters and the lure of the Bible

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