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Book Reviews

A Reluctance to Forget

Urvashi Bahuguna

Tishani Doshi’s poems slice through recent political and social events

A God at The Door
Tishani Doshi
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

Return of the Brahmin /
Return of the Brahmin
Ravi Shankar Etteth
Machinations in Magadha

A spy story set in the Ashokan age

India, that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution /
India, that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
J Sai Deepak
Who Are We?

J Sai Deepak’s book heralds the ripening of the Indic civilisational discourse

The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue /
The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue
Rasheed Kidwai
Being the Scindias

A family that has ensured a seamless transition from the top rung of one system to another

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