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The Testament of a Poet

Nandini Nair

Jeet Thayil’s new novel chronicles the women whose roles were deleted from the gospels. The author speaks to Nandini Nair about the need to write these erasures

Names of the Women
Jeet Thayil
India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural Revolution /
India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural Revolution
Sanjaya Baru
The New Establishment

The assertion of Hindutva and the disintegration of the Nehruvian order

Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh Is Reshaping Indian Democracy /
Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh Is Reshaping Indian Democracy
Badri Narayan
Chasing the Elephant’s Shadow

Badri Narayan’s book throws new light on the RSS. The author tells Rahul Pandita how the organisation is trying to inculcate a vision of modernity coupled with traditional wisdom

Grains of Stardust /
Grains of Stardust
Vismaya Mohanlal
‘Bleed Out Your Truth’

Vismaya Mohanlal’s debut collection of poems and paintings reflects her search for meaning and identity

Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India  /
Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India
Ghazala Wahab
The Born Identity

A personal history of Islam in India

Club You to Death /
Club You to Death
Anuja Chauhan
Capital Caper

Anuja Chauhan sets her whodunnit in Delhi’s toniest club

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India /
Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India
J Furcifer Bhairav and Rakesh Khanna
Feasting on Fear

Inside the subcontinent’s house of spirits

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

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