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Book Reviews

The Diplomat Doctor

Vineetha Mokkil

The Venetian who chronicled the Mughal Empire

A Venetian at The Mughal Court: The Life and Adventures of Nicolò Manucci
Marco Moneta | Translated by Elisabetta Gnecchi Ruscone
Radiant Fugitives /
Radiant Fugitives
Nawaaz Ahmed
Remorse and Reconciliation

A queer-themed novel about immigrants, spanning Chennai to San Francisco

The Unforgiving City and Other Stories /
The Unforgiving City and Other Stories
Vasudhendra | Translated by Mysore Nataraja
From Bellary and Bangalore

Kannada author Vasudhendra’s short stories about city and village life are rife with cynicism and social satire

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows /
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
Ai Weiwei
The Sublime Subversion of Ai Weiwei

Reading his memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows at a time when China's new helmsman threatens the world

Dust of the Caravan /
Dust of the Caravan
Anis Kidwai | Translated by Ayesha Kidwai
Awadh Despatches

The personal and political journey of a Muslim woman through India’s freedom struggle and beyond

Homebound  /
Homebound
Puja Changoiwala
The Longest Road

A novel on the homecoming migrant

The Grand Anicut  /
The Grand Anicut
Veena Muthuraman
Water Kingdoms

Indo-Roman ocean trade told through the stories of patricians and plebeians

My Country Is Literature: Adventures in the Reading Life /
My Country Is Literature: Adventures in the Reading Life
Chandrahas Choudhury
Imaginary Homeland

Writing book reviews and living entirely by literature gave Chandrahas Choudhury the time and space, the models and the means to become a novelist

Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence /
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
Shrayana Bhattacharya
Love and Labour

An intimate history of women searching for a more equal and dignified life

A Fish in Alien Streams: The Incredible Journey of the Trout in India /
A Fish in Alien Streams: The Incredible Journey of the Trout in India
Herjinder
Travels of a Fish

How the British introduced the trout to Indian waters

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