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Book Reviews

The Quiet Patriotism of Ravi Varma

Manu S Pillai

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

Women Who Wear Only Themselves  /
Women Who Wear Only Themselves
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Eternal Seekers

A chronicle of female spiritual travellers

Human Rights and Terrorism in India /
Human Rights and Terrorism in India
Subramanian Swamy
The Axis of Jihad

Why the war on terror is failing

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