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Book Reviews

An East-West Encounter

Chintan Girish Modi

An anecdotal account of yoga’s journey from an ancient road to enlightenment to a wellness industry

I Could Not Be Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS /
I Could Not Be Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS
Bhanwar Meghwanshi | Translated from the Hindi by Nivedita Menon
The Dalit Who Got Out

Bhanwar Meghwanshi tells Bhavya Dore how he has become a non-Hindu

Moustache /
Moustache
S Hareesh | Translated from the Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil
The Legend of Kuttanad

This many-layered novel, about a folk-hero and his fabulous moustache, examines the nature of story-telling— how people, animals and places can be kept alive through the narratives built around them

A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose /
A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose
Samra Zafar
The Good Fight

How a woman reclaimed her life from an abusive marriage

Fearless Freedom /
Fearless Freedom
Kavita Krishnan
An Equal Life

A manifesto for greater gender equality

A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Character of JBS Haldane /
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Character of JBS Haldane
Samanth Subramanian
Scientist as Socialist

Samanth Subramanian portrays the many lives of JBS Haldane to perfection

Night Theatre /
Night Theatre
Vikram Paralkar
Trauma in Red Tape

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

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

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