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Maverick Revolutionaries

Rajshree Chandra

Reclaiming two forgotten heroes of the freedom movement

Spies, Lies and Allies: The Extraordinary Lives of Chatto and Roy

Spies, Lies and Allies: The Extraordinary Lives of Chatto and Roy

Kavitha Rao

You: A Novel /

You: A Novel

M Mukundan | Translated by Nandakumar K

Rethinking Mercy

Ullekh NP

M Mukundan examines the complexities of death by choice

Dream Count /

Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Many Epiphanies

Nandini Nair

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new novel based around four women tells of larger truths

The House of Awadh /

The House of Awadh

IAletta André and Abhimanyu Kumar

Mystery Begum

Bhavya Dore

The truth about the lives in Malcha Mahal

Mudritha /

Mudritha

Jissa Jose | Translated from Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil

Search Party

Geeta Doctor

Set in contemporary Kerala, a novel about women escaping to find themselves

The Undying Light: A Personal History of Independent India /

The Undying Light: A Personal History of Independent India

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Time Capsules

Mukund Padmanabhan

Gopalkrishna Gandhi's new book is history accentuated by memory

Another Day in Landour: Looking Out from My Window /

Another Day in Landour: Looking Out from My Window

Ruskin Bond

Window to the World

Nandini Nair

Ruskin Bond looks within and outside in his new book

The Comeback /

The Comeback

Annie Zaidi

Friends in Need

Chintan Girish Modi

Two men grapple with the cost of success and the draw of the arts

Theft /

Theft

Abdulrazak Gurnah

‘Colonialism Is a Kind of Theft,’ says Abdulrazak Gurnah

Nandini Nair

Abdulrazak Gurnahís new novel tells of the uneasy passage into adulthood. The Nobel Prize winning-author speaks to Nandini Nair

Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography /

Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography

Sachin Nandha

Speculative History

Shaan Kashyap

Sachin Nandha’s biography of Hedgewar tries to paint a nuanced picture of the RSS founder but fails

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