The Public Archaeologist

In this account of MN Deshpande, the late iconic chief of ASI, Nayanjot Lahiri surpasses her own high standards in history writing

Dharma Forest

High Stakes

A history of the Himalayas from the earliest inhabitants to its present conflicts

A Malabar Saga

Turning an epic conceit into a historical drama

Terms of Enchantment

A character sketch of Kolkata’s iconic Coffee House

Writ With Guilt

Katharina Volckmer’s debut novel explores Germany’s historical baggage in a personal and political way

A Writer and the Art of Memory

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi writes a succinct meditation on old age and death and the doors it opens for those left behind

The Art of Repair

A novel that echoes with loneliness, loss, longing, and unfulfilled promises

A Thugee Life

On the trail of a most notorious gang of stranglers