Book Reviews

A Vice-President’s Reflections

Mani Shankar Aiyar

An account of a proud Indian Muslim who occupied the highest offices

By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life

M. Hamid Ansari

The Last Queen

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The Imperfect Queen

Ira Mukhoty

Jindan Kaur’s volatile relationship with the world

Murder at the Mushaira

Raza Mir

Delhi Noir

Sanjay Sipahimalani

Mirza Ghalib is a detective in this historical novel by Raza Mir

My Life and Struggle

Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) | Translated into English for the first time by Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada

The Great Betrayal

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

We did not abandon the Congress, they abandoned us

Avasthe

UR Ananthamurthy | Translated from the Kannada by Narayan Hegde

Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold

N Kalyan Raman

Politics and love of a failed politician

Girl A

Abigail Dean

The Darkest House

Nandini Nair

The thriller Girl A chronicles the aftermath of horrors and the resilience of teenagers. Abigail Dean talks to Nandini Nair about her bestselling debut

Unfinished

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

In a new memoir, Priyanka Chopra Jonas opens up about favouritism in Bollywood, heartbreak, depression, but equally about the joy of making movies across continents and finding her prince charming in the unlikeliest of places

1946: Naval Uprising that Shook the Empire

Pramod Kapoor

The Last Mutiny

Pramod Kapoor

It’s the 75th anniversary of the naval insurrection that shook the empire. It’s also the story of how the rebellious sailors of the Royal Indian Navy were let down by a divided political leadership