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Book Reviews

‘All writers are outsiders,’ says Tahmima Anam

Antara Raghavan

Tahmima Anam’s new novel moves away from her Bangladesh trilogy. She speaks to Antara Raghavan about chronicling the seductions and perils of the startup world

The Startup Wife
Tahmima Anam
The Tatas, Freddie Mercury & Other Bawas: An Intimate History of the Parsis /
The Tatas, Freddie Mercury & Other Bawas: An Intimate History of the Parsis
Coomi Kapoor
The Legend of the Poonawallas

Pomp, philanthropy and an affordable Covid vaccine for India. Yet another Parsi saga

The Passenger /
The Passenger
Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
If This is a Man

The second coming of Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

Mr Humble & Dr Butcher: A Monkey’s Head, The Pope’s Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul /
Mr Humble & Dr Butcher: A Monkey’s Head, The Pope’s Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul
Brandy Schillace
A Cold War State of Mind and Weird Neurosurgeries

Brandy Schillace opens the lid on the race between the West and the Soviets to dominate the world through brain science

How to Raise a Feminist Son: A Memoir and Manifesto /
How to Raise a Feminist Son: A Memoir and Manifesto
Sonora Jha
Raising Them Right

Imagining a feminist future for one’s child

The Gita for a Global World: Ethical Action in an Age of Flux  /
The Gita for a Global World: Ethical Action in an Age of Flux
Rohit Chopra
An Ethical Treatise

What the Gita can tell us at a time clouded by chaos and insecurity

Keeping in Touch  /
Keeping in Touch
Anjali Joseph
Missed Connections

Anjali Joseph’s new novel explores the nature of long-distance relationships and the long-lasting links between people and places

Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation /
Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation
Sudeep Sen
Cycle of Seasons

Sudeep Sen dwells on the intersections between nature and human settlements

The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha /
The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha
Jairam Ramesh
Wisdom of the East

Jairam Ramesh chronicles the life of Edwin Arnold who took Buddha’s ideas to the West via a narrative poem

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide /
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain
A Matter of Taste

Connecting flavours with travel and science, memories and emotions

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