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Book Reviews

In Conversation with Lawrence Wright

Nandini Nair

‘If you can go to a protest, why can’t you go to a football game, why can’t you go to a political convention?,’ Lawrence Wright tells Nandini Nair

The End of October
Lawrence Wright
Gone Away: An Indian Journal /
Gone Away: An Indian Journal
Dom Moraes
 | Introduction by Jerry Pinto
A Poet’s Prose

Dom Moraes’ travelogue is delicious piece of literary journalism from the 1950s

The Rickshaw Reveries /
The Rickshaw Reveries
Ipshita Nath
Capital Noir

Delhi stories where the boundaries between pleasure and violence are disturbingly blurred

You People /
You People
Nikita Lalwani
Loyalty and Longing

An immigrant’s tale in London raises ethical questions

Chosen Spirits /
Chosen Spirits
Samit Basu
The Future is Now

Samit Basu’s dystopian novel cleverly blurs the line between fact and fiction

Undertow /
Undertow
Jahnavi Barua
Searching For Home

Jahnavi Barua’s novel delves into the complexities of familial bonds in strife-ridden Assam

Forgotten Science: Strange Ideas from the Scrapheap of History /
Forgotten Science: Strange Ideas from the Scrapheap of History
SD Tucker
Dead Ends and Blind Alleys

SD Tucker chronicles the strangest scientific experiments from the wreckage of history

The End of October /
The End of October
Lawrence Wright
The Novel Virus

Lawrence Wright’s new thriller shows with chilling prescience how the world will reckon with a pandemic

The Love Jihadis: An Open-Minded Journey into the Heart of Western Uttar Pradesh  /
The Love Jihadis: An Open-Minded Journey into the Heart of Western Uttar Pradesh
Mihir Srivastava and Raul Irani
Truth-Finding Mission

A gripping reportage of love and the politics of hate

Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years /
Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Inside Track

An anecdote-rich but incomplete account by Montek Singh Ahluwalia into India’s economic reforms

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