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Book Reviews

Atal Bihari Vajpayee /
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sagarika Ghose
The Endearing Paradoxes of Vajpayee

Sagarika Ghose brings out the qualities and contradictions of India’s most indulged prime minister in a new biography

Run and Hide /
Run and Hide
Pankaj Mishra
Pankaj Mishra : Polemist as Novelist

After two decades, Pankaj Mishra returns with a novel that chronicles rapid urbanisation in an unequal India. He speaks to Nandini Nair about today’s hollow men and class wars

Incantations Over Water /
Incantations Over Water
Sharanya Manivannan
The Magic of Mermaids

Sharanya Manivannan uses fantastical elements to talk about Sri Lanka’s trauma

Adam /
Adam
S Hareesh | Translated by Jayasree Kalathil
Theatre of the Everyday

S Hareesh’s short stories highlight his ability to work in the epic and mundane mode at the same time

1946: Last War of Independence: Royal Indian Navy Mutiny /
1946: Last War of Independence: Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
Pramod Kapoor
Naval Mutiny and the War on Memory

On the anniversary of the naval mutiny, remembering how Utpal Dutt’s 1965 play memorialising the event had landed him in jail

Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten made India /
Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten made India
Sandeep Bamzai
The Making of India

Sandeep Bamzai provides a balanced perspective of Jawaharlal Nehru’s role in envisaging a united and unified India

Himanta Biswa Sarma: From Boy Wonder to CM /
Himanta Biswa Sarma: From Boy Wonder to CM
Ajit Datta
Salad Days of a Natural Leader

Himanta Biswa Sarma's political acumen was evident quite early in his life and career

Qabar  /
Qabar
KR Meera | Translated by Nisha Susan
KR Meera: The Verdict

KR Meera’s novella weaves magic realism through religious and gender strife

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