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Book Reviews

Feasting on Fear

Jaideep Unudurti

Inside the subcontinent’s house of spirits

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India
J Furcifer Bhairav and Rakesh Khanna
The Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva  /
The Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva
Meena Arora Nayak
Ocean of Stories

The magical realism of a Sanskrit classic retold

Klara and the Sun /
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Future of Love

The undiminished solar power of Kazuo Ishiguro’s imagination

Jallianwala Bagh: A Groundbreaking History of the 1919 Massacre /
Jallianwala Bagh: A Groundbreaking History of the 1919 Massacre
VN Datta | Introduction by Nonica Datta
The Amritsar Massacre

An account of the carnage that shook the country in 1919, and wounded its consciousness

Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought /
Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought
Kavitha Iyer
Parched Earth

Farmer protests told through one of India’s most distressed regions

Principles of Prediction  /
Principles of Prediction
Anushka Jasraj
Does Fate Exist?

Stories shaped by bereavement, loss and abandonment

The Rock Babas and Other Stories /
The Rock Babas and Other Stories
Ameya Prabhu
The Road to Redemption

A debut collection about characters at crossroads

The Law of Force: The Violent Heart of Indian Politics /
The Law of Force: The Violent Heart of Indian Politics
Thomas Blom Hansen
The Violent Indian

Thomas Blom Hansen’s new book studies the widening gap between the goals of those at the helm and the rights enshrined in the Constitution. The author in conversation with Ullekh NP

India 2030: Rise of a Rajasic Nation /
India 2030: Rise of a Rajasic Nation
Edited by Gautam Chikermane
Crystal Ball Gazing

The rise of India in the coming decades

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