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Book Reviews

How India Became British India

Ullekh NP

The Battle of Plassey contributed to the making and unmaking of empires

Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History
Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History
Sudeep Chakravarti
Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience /
Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience
Anuradha Bhagwati
Anuradha Bhagwati: ‘Women make incredible marksmen’
Nandini Nair

Open conversation with Anuradha Bhagwati, author and US Marine Corps veteran

Forgotten Masters:Indian Painting for the East India Company /
Forgotten Masters:Indian Painting for the East India Company
William Dalrymple
In Praise of Company Artists
Rosalyn D’Mello

Of Masters lost in transition

The Legend of Himal and Nagrai /
The Legend of Himal and Nagrai
Retold by Onaiza Drabu
The Valley of One
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Stories of reconciliation from Kashmir

Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers /
Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers
TM Krishna
In Conversation with TM Krishna
V Shoba

TM Krishna tells V Shoba how his book on Mrdangam makers made him examine his relationship with instrumentalists and other hierarchies

Amnesty /
Amnesty
Aravind Adiga
Novelist’s Diary
Aravind Adiga

Since I’ve never learned to drive, I travelled across America by bus. Now I’m going across New Zealand the same way

Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games /
Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games
Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta
Gold Standard
Shail Desai

Tokyo Olympics will be a crucial reality check for Indian sports

Words. Sounds. Images: A History of Media and Entertainment in India /
Words. Sounds. Images: A History of Media and Entertainment in India
Amit Khanna
Scene by Scene
Kaveree Bamzai

The evolution of Indian entertainment as told by a veteran insider

A Long Petal of the Sea /
A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende
Neruda’s Ship
Sanjay Sipahimalani

Isabel Allende’s new novel follows exiles in search of a home in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War

Love, Loss, and Longing in Kashmir /
Love, Loss, and Longing in Kashmir
Sahba Husain
Women and Violence
Aditi Saraf

Giving flesh and form to statistics and anecdotes from Kashmir

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