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People and Peaks

Shail Desai

Two writers romance the Everest

Everest: Reflections on the Solukhumbu
Lisa Choegyal and Sujoy Das
Visible Muslim, Invisible Citizen: Understanding Islam in Indian Democracy /
Visible Muslim, Invisible Citizen: Understanding Islam in Indian Democracy
Salman Khurshid
Divided We Fall

What’s it like being a Muslim in today’s India? Salman Khurshid takes a personal journey with a political message

The Carpet Weaver /
The Carpet Weaver
Nemat Sadat
Facing up to the Forbidden

The novelist Nemat Sadat tells Bhavya Dore about the travails of coming out as a gay man in Afghanistan

The Book of Love: Stories /
The Book of Love: Stories
Ekarat
Passion Plays

Love is a dish best served cold

The Wealth of Religions /
The Wealth of Religions
Rachel McCleary and Robert Barro
Opium for the Masses

The relationship between economic growth and religious belief

The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life /
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
Mark Synnott
On top of the World

Alex Honnold has redefined rock climbing, and our understanding of fear

The Department of Sensitive Crimes A Detective Varg Novel /
The Department of Sensitive Crimes A Detective Varg Novel
Alexander McCall Smith
The Sixth Sense

Hold your breath, smart detectives are at work

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World /
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak: ‘I defend a pluralistic, liberal democracy’

Turkish author Elif Shafak tackles difficult subjects, often to the ire of the ruling regime. She tells Rajni George how storytelling can create empathy

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