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Book Reviews

Feast of the Dead

Rini Barman

Blurring the boundaries between the real and the surreal in Meghalaya

Funeral Nights
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir: A New Investigation of Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination /
The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir: A New Investigation of Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination
Appu Esthose Suresh and Priyanka Kotamraju
Who and Why?

The players, plots and the movement that led to Gandhi’s murder

The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis /
The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh: The Forecaster

Amitav Ghosh’s new book is a parable for a planet in crisis. He speaks to Nandini Nair about the cruelties of colonialism and the violent trajectory of the nutmeg

An Economic History of India 1707-1857 /
An Economic History of India 1707-1857
Tirthankar Roy
The Birth of Modern India

Nationalist tropes and imperial assumptions miss the Raj’s real economic impact

Indian Botanical Art: An Illustrated History  /
Indian Botanical Art: An Illustrated History
Martyn Rix
Floral Folios

A cultural canvas for Indian plants

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?

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