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Book Reviews

A Prayer for Orlem

Chintan Girish Modi

A tender and true portrait of a Mumbai suburb

Gods and Ends
Lindsay Pereira
Cyclopedia Exotica /
Cyclopedia Exotica
Aminder Dhaliwal
‘I am a Cyclops’

Aminder Dhaliwal’s graphic novel uses the figure of the cyclops to talk about race and belonging, sexuality and relationships. The animator tells Nandini Nair why we are all outsiders

India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends /
India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends
Kanti Bajpai
India and China: The Incompatibles

Four reasons why India and China are not friends

Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir /
Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
Farah Bashir
Curfewed Lives

An archive of trauma and psychic wounds from Kashmir

The Spirit of Enquiry /
The Spirit of Enquiry
TM Krishna
TM Krishna: A Thinker’s Raga

TM Krishna in a new collection of essays plays the parts of artist and citizen to perfection

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment /
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R Sunstein
Beyond the Bias

Nobel Prize-winning author Daniel Kahneman re-examines human follies and suggests remedies

Notes on Grief /
Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Permanent Scattering

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie mourns the death of her father

Wanderers, Kings, Merchants; The Story of India through Its Languages /
Wanderers, Kings, Merchants; The Story of India through Its Languages
Peggy Mohan
The Spoken Word Order

Migration, both external and internal, has shaped the languages that we speak

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