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Book Reviews

Palm tree Tappers to Sickle Makers

N Kalyan Raman

A chronicle of ten occupations in Tamil Nadu that are struggling to survive

Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul /
Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul
Taran N Khan
City of Contrasts

Creating Kabul from the constellation of powerful stories it holds within

Menoka Has Hanged Herself /
Menoka Has Hanged Herself
Sharmistha Gooptu
Bengal Noir

Gooptu’s debut novel brings to life the vintage Tollygunge studio

Exquisite Cadavers /
Exquisite Cadavers
Meena Kandasamy
Meena Kandasamy: The Bare Absolute Minimalist

Meena Kandasamy talks about politics, parenthood and her new novel

Truck de India: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hindustan /
Truck de India: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hindustan
Rajat Ubhaykar
Joy Rides

Discovering India’s hospitality, obstinacy, and most importantly, hope on the back of a truck

The Yogini /
The Yogini
Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay | Translated by Arunava Sinha
Turns of Fate

Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay writes a surreal novel about a woman’s quest for meaning

Bridgital Nation: Solving Technology’s People Problem /
Bridgital Nation: Solving Technology’s People Problem
N. Chandrasekaran and Roopa Purushothaman
Panaceas and Placebos

An avuncular treatise on how digital technology might lead us into a better future

My Mother’s Lover and Other Stories /
My Mother’s Lover and Other Stories
Sumana Roy
Caprice and Quirks

Sumana Roy writes of characters troubled by curious ailments

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