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The Big Book of Odia Literature /
The Big Book of Odia Literature
Edited by Manu Dash
Chronicles from Kalinga

A portrait of Odisha through its literature

Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade /
Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade
Edited by Aishwarya Pandit
Redemption and Rebirth

How the Modi decade changed India

Of Mothers and Other Perishables /
Of Mothers and Other Perishables
Radhika Oberoi
Love After Death

Life, loss and mortality within families

The Girl with the Seven Lives /
The Girl with the Seven Lives
Vikas Swarup
The Longest Night

Vikas Swarup once again explores the inequalities and ambitions of contemporary India

Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones: A Memoir /
Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones: A Memoir
Priyanka Mattoo
Leaving Kashmir

A memoir of displacement and its aftereffects

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise /
The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing: Garden Queen

Olivia Laing’s new book examines the idea of paradise. The author and cultural critic speaks about the pleasures of gardens, their hidden costs and the meaning of home

Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy  /
Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy
Vaibhav Purandare
The Man Who Did Not Bend

Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the radical in politics and a gradualist on social reform

Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade /
Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade
Edited by Aishwarya Pandit
The Redeemer’s Rite

Narendra Modi has redefined national freedom as cultural inheritance and civilisational memory

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