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Book Reviews

The Overlord

Pranay Lal

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

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

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

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

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

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

A cultural icon remembers the richness of his relationships

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

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?

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

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