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Not Looking for Superwoman

Nandini Nair

Kaveree Bamzai reveals the secret to a happy life

No Regrets: The Guilt-Free Woman’s Guide to a Good Life
No Regrets: The Guilt-Free Woman’s Guide to a Good Life
Kaveree Bamzai
I Am A Stranger Here Myself: An Unreliable Memoir /
I Am A Stranger Here Myself: An Unreliable Memoir
Bhaichand Patel
The Man Delhi Loves to Love
Suhel Seth

Being in the company of Bhaichand Patel

The Angel’s Beauty Spots: Three Novellas /
The Angel’s Beauty Spots: Three Novellas
KR Meera (Translated from the Malayalam by J. Devika)
Violent Affairs
Karthik Shankar

KR Meera’s work confounds and illuminates difficult relationships

A Life Full of Adventure: Leader of India’s Epic Ascent of Everest in 1965 /
A Life Full of Adventure: Leader of India’s Epic Ascent of Everest in 1965
Captain MS Kohli
Man of the Peaks
Shail Desai

A chronicle of Indian mountaineering through the life of MS Kohli

The Case That Shook the Empire: One Man’s Fight for the Truth About the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre /
The Case That Shook the Empire: One Man’s Fight for the Truth About the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat
The Malabar Angle
Madhavi Thampi

A singular fight against the Empire

The Great Repression: The Story of Sedition in India /
The Great Repression: The Story of Sedition in India
Chitranshul Sinha
Mind Your Speech
Malavika Rajkumar

How governments across time have used sedition to suppress freedom

Prelude to a Riot /
Prelude to a Riot
Annie Zaidi
Surface Tensions
Urvashi Bahuguna

Making sense of the parochial mind

An Orchestra of Minorities /
An Orchestra of Minorities
Chigozie Obioma
When Worlds Meet
Bhavya Dore

Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma, seen as the heir to Chinua Achebe, writes a love story wrapped in folklore

The Dutch House /
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
Family Trauma
Bhavya Dore

Ann Patchett’s new novel is about heartbreaks and healing

Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law /
Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law
Bruce Ackerman
Fraught States
Suhrith Parthasarathy

The trouble in believing that constitutional crises around the world are symptoms of the same disease

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