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Book Reviews

The Making of an Indophile

Madhulika Liddle

Wendy Doniger’s early impressions of the country, written in her 20s

Half-Blood /
Half-Blood
Pronoti Datta
Fractured Lives

A daughter’s quest for her father helps her find herself

Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History /
Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History
Vidya Krishnan
Bad Blood

A portrait of tuberculosis that reveals society’s ill-informed choices

How China Sees India and the World  /
How China Sees India and the World
Shyam Saran
China’s India Complex

The model that frightens Beijing the most

To Raise A Fallen People: How Nineteenth-Century Indians Saw Their World And Shaped Ours /
To Raise A Fallen People: How Nineteenth-Century Indians Saw Their World And Shaped Ours
Rahul Sagar
India of the Mind

Far from being colonised subjects, Indians in the 19th century had a vibrant sense of strategic affairs

How Democracies Live: Power, Statecraft and Freedom in Modern Societies /
How Democracies Live: Power, Statecraft and Freedom in Modern Societies
Stein Ringen
The Persistence of Democracy

Stein Ringen offers a new definition for democracy and hits out at sceptics

In the Language of Remembering: The Inheritance of Partition /
In the Language of Remembering: The Inheritance of Partition
Aanchal Malhotra
Aanchal Malhotra: The Memory Keeper

Aanchal Malhotra maps the legacy of Partition through oral histories. The author in conversation with Aditya Mani Jha

Aurangzeb’s Iconoclasm /
Aurangzeb’s Iconoclasm
François Gautier
Aurangzeb’s Reign in the Light of His Own Orders

Aurangzeb’s reign in the light of his own orders

Scorching Love: Letters from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to His Son, Devadas /
Scorching Love: Letters from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to His Son, Devadas
Edited by Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Tridip Suhrud
Gandhi, the Father

A shared vein of political reflection makes the letters to his son Devadas special

In the Shadow of the Mountain  /
In the Shadow of the Mountain
Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Mountains of the Mind

When climbing high peaks proves cathartic

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