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Book Reviews

The Elephant in the Womb /
The Elephant in the Womb
Kalki Koechlin | Illustrated by Valeriya Polyanychko
Kalki Koechlin: Dragon Queen

Kalki Koechlin’s mommy memoir is like her: candid, creative and full of truths that the merchants of bliss don’t reveal

Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition /
Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition
Uday Mahurkar
The Restoration of Savarkar

How relevant is his muscular national security vision today?

False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma /
False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma
Manu S Pillai
The Quiet Patriotism of Ravi Varma

Funded by maharajahs, admired by moderates while also welcoming the extremist vision, in his domain, the artist manifested a nationalism of his own

The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories /
The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories
Indu Menon | Translated from Malayalam by Nandakumar K
The Anatomy of Outrage

Short stories etched in blood and honesty

Equations  /
Equations
Shivani Sibal
Capital Cabal

A portrait of class dynamics and social change in Delhi

A God at The Door /
A God at The Door
Tishani Doshi
A Reluctance to Forget

Tishani Doshi’s poems slice through recent political and social events

Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy /
Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy
Christophe Jaffrelot | Translated by Cynthia Schoch
Seeing Saffron

Christophe Jaffrelot’s argument that India has moved towards an ethnic democracy does not stand scrutiny

The Island of Missing Trees /
The Island of Missing Trees
Elif Shafak
How Elif Shafak Became a Tree

The Turkish-British author’s new novel, set in Cyprus, tells of divisions and reunions through the prism of nature. The author speaks to Nandini Nair about inherited pain and memories, language and silences

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