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Book Reviews

Trauma in Red Tape

Prathap Nair

A physician-scientist writes a social satire plus supernatural drama set in an unnamed Indian village

Night Theatre
Vikram Paralkar
Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems /
Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems
Akhil Katyal
Poet of the Paradoxical City

Akhil Katyal tells Urvashi Bahuguna how he finds Delhi crazily unequal and maddeningly beautiful

The Real Mr. Barkotoki /
The Real Mr. Barkotoki
Shisir Basumatari
Searching for Mr Munin Barkotoki

Graphic novel as a literary quest

So all is Peace /
So all is Peace
Vandana Singh-Lal
A Tale of Two Sisters

So all is Peace is a tearjerker guised as a mystery, masked in social commentary

Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk /
Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Jon Krakauer
Into the Wilderness

A master class in journalism by Jon Krakauer

The Tibetan Suitcase /
The Tibetan Suitcase
Tsering Namgyal Khortsa
Searching for Homes

A meditation on journeys and exile

Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History /
Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History
Sudeep Chakravarti
How India Became British India

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

Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience /
Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience
Anuradha Bhagwati
Anuradha Bhagwati: ‘Women make incredible marksmen’

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

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