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Book Reviews

An Equal Life

Zakia Soman

A manifesto for greater gender equality

Fearless Freedom
Kavita Krishnan
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

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

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