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Book Reviews

The Nickel Boys /
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
Brotherhood of Broken Boys

Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys bears powerful witness to brutality and oppression that are all too real

Out of Syllabus  /
Out of Syllabus
Sumana Roy
In Search of Meaning

Poems where the tender is in conversation with the political

Caste Matters /
Caste Matters
Suraj Yengde
Dalit Life and Thought

Suraj Yengde delivers lessons on caste and race with a rare liveliness

Partition Voices: Untold British Stories /
Partition Voices: Untold British Stories
Kavita Puri
Kavita Puri: Breaking the Silence

Kavita Puri chronicles the lives of migrants caught in double displacement

Sita under the Crescent Moon  /
Sita under the Crescent Moon
Annie Ali Khan
Untameable Divinity

A vivid challenge to typical narratives about women’s suffering, sacrifice and spirituality in Pakistan

Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth /
Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth
Stephen Alter
‘There’s a universal need to include nature in our spiritual imagination,’ says Stephen Alter

Stephen Alter writes an uplifting story on the mountain lore and natural history of the Himalayas. The author in conversation with Shail Desai

The Wild Heart of India /
The Wild Heart of India
TR Shankar Raman
The Hills are Alive

An engrossing first-person account of the battle between development and environmental protection

One Foot On The Ground: A Life Told Through The Body /
One Foot On The Ground: A Life Told Through The Body
Shanta Gokhale
Shanta Gokhale: Body of Truth

Writer and translator Shanta Gokhale reflects on what it means to be a woman in India

Operation X: The Untold Story of India's Covert Naval War in East Pakistan 1971 /
Operation X: The Untold Story of India's Covert Naval War in East Pakistan 1971
Capt MNR Samant (MVC) and Sandeep Unnithan
The X Files

A first-rate thriller from our military history

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