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Book Reviews

Saving Svetlana

Richard Celeste

When the Americans whisked Stalin’s daughter away from India

From Raj to Republic: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India /
From Raj to Republic: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India
Sunil Purushotham
Forged In Fire

The foundational violence that accompanied the formation of India as a modern nation-state

Sayed Haider Raza: The Journey of an Iconic Artist /
Sayed Haider Raza: The Journey of an Iconic Artist
Yashodhara Dalmia
The Progressive in Paris

The pleasures and pains SH Raza faced while in Europe

By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life /
By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life
M. Hamid Ansari
A Vice-President’s Reflections

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

The Last Queen  /
The Last Queen
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Imperfect Queen

Jindan Kaur’s volatile relationship with the world

Murder at the Mushaira /
Murder at the Mushaira
Raza Mir
Delhi Noir

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

My Life and Struggle /
My Life and Struggle
Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) | Translated into English for the first time by Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada
The Great Betrayal

We did not abandon the Congress, they abandoned us

Avasthe /
Avasthe
UR Ananthamurthy | Translated from the Kannada by Narayan Hegde
Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold

Politics and love of a failed politician

Girl A /
Girl A
Abigail Dean
The Darkest House

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

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