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The Legend of Kuttanad

Jai Arjun Singh

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

Moustache
Moustache
S Hareesh | Translated from the Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil
A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose /
A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose
Samra Zafar
The Good Fight
Fehmida Zakeer

How a woman reclaimed her life from an abusive marriage

Fearless Freedom /
Fearless Freedom
Kavita Krishnan
An Equal Life
Zakia Soman

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
Mahesh Rangarajan

Samanth Subramanian portrays the many lives of JBS Haldane to perfection

Night Theatre /
Night Theatre
Vikram Paralkar
Trauma in Red Tape
Prathap Nair

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
Urvashi Bahuguna

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
Aditya Mani Jha

Graphic novel as a literary quest

So all is Peace /
So all is Peace
Vandana Singh-Lal
A Tale of Two Sisters
Prathap Nair

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
Shail Desai

A master class in journalism by Jon Krakauer

The Tibetan Suitcase /
The Tibetan Suitcase
Tsering Namgyal Khortsa
Searching for Homes
Rini Barman

A meditation on journeys and exile

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