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The Overlord

Pranay Lal

Whether we see viruses as life-threatening or life-affirming, there is a certain elegance in the way they function

Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses
Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses
Pranay Lal
Barça: The Inside Story of the World’s Greatest Football Club /
Barça: The Inside Story of the World’s Greatest Football Club
Simon Kuper
I am very surprised about India making so little progress in football, says Simon Kuper
Ullekh NP

Simon Kuper, author, in conversation with Ullekh NP

The Ambassador and the Private Eye /
The Ambassador and the Private Eye
Kris Srinivasan
The Diplomat Does It
Rajiv Bhatia

Investigative short stories with a philosophical undertone

A Time Outside this Time /
A Time Outside this Time
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar: Seeking Truth Between the Lines
Antara Raghavan

Amitava Kumar’s latest novel challenges fake news and the form of the novel. The author in conversation with Antara Raghavan

Where the Gods Dwell: Thirteen Temples and Their Hi(Stories) /
Where the Gods Dwell: Thirteen Temples and Their Hi(Stories)
Siddhartha Sarma
The Womb of the Earth
Siddhartha Sarma

Water and blood, creation and death, at the Kamakhya temple

Actually... I Met Them /
Actually... I Met Them
Gulzar
The Gulzar-verse
Kaveree Bamzai

A cultural icon remembers the richness of his relationships

Funeral Nights /
Funeral Nights
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
Feast of the Dead
Rini Barman

Blurring the boundaries between the real and the surreal in Meghalaya

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?
Rajshree Chandra

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
Nandini Nair

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

Pride, Prejudice, and Punditry: The Essential Shashi Tharoor /
Pride, Prejudice, and Punditry: The Essential Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor
The Literary Journeys of Shashi Tharoor
David Davidar

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