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Book Reviews

A Patriot’s Pledge

Sharanya Manivannan

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed’s memoir reveals the humanism of her life and work

A Touch of Salt /
A Touch of Salt
Anita Agnihotri | Translated by Arunava Sinha
Salt and Sand

The toils of the Agarias in the Rann of Kutch

Shattered: A Memoir /
Shattered: A Memoir
Hanif Kureishi
Memories of a Fall

Hanif Kureishi transforms a personal calamity into high literature

On Freedom /
On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
The Value of Values

Freedom alone can save America and the world

Ambedkar In London /
Ambedkar In London
Edited by William Gould, Santosh Dass, Christophe Jaffrelot
The London Connection

A new collection of essays shines a light on BR Ambedkar’s internationalism

Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760-1799) /
Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760-1799)
Vikram Sampath
Tipu Sultan: The Zealot

Why was Tipu Sultan, whose antipathy to non-Muslims ran deep, afraid of Hindus?

Speaking With Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism  /
Speaking With Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism
Ramachandra Guha
Green Pioneers

Ramachandra Guha traces India’s environmental consciousness through its first ecologists

The Diary of Manu Gandhi (1946-1948) /
The Diary of Manu Gandhi (1946-1948)
Edited and translated by Tridip Suhrud
Manu Gandhi on the Mahatma’s Final Hours

Nathuram Godse fired two bullets into Gandhi’s stomach and one into the chest. Bapu said ‘Rama, Rama’; and then life left him

The Nehru Development Model: History and Its Lasting Impact /
The Nehru Development Model: History and Its Lasting Impact
Arvind Panagariya
The Afterlife of Socialism

Arvind Panagariya lays out the limitations of Nehru’s economic project and its impact today

Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to the World /
Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to the World
Lubaaba Al-Azami
Seeking India

England’s first forays into the country and the lasting impacts

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