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The Modi Dynamism

Aishwarya Pandit

How the prime minister dismantled one legacy and built another

Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade
Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade
Edited by Aishwarya Pandit
Mother India /
Mother India
Prayaag Akbar
Nation on Trial
Madhulika Liddle

Prayaag Akbar’s new novel is a portrait of online India

Blue Ruin /
Blue Ruin
Hari Kunzru
Art of Love
Nandini Nair

Hari Kunzru’s new novel completes his trilogy on creative pursuits. The author speaks to

Mangifera Indica: A Biography of the Mango /
Mangifera Indica: A Biography of the Mango
Sopan Joshi
Fruit of the Nation
Madhavankutty Pillai

Sopan Joshi’s encyclopaedic biography of the mango reveals why it is intrinsic to India. The author in conversation with

FN Souza: The Archetypal Artist /
FN Souza: The Archetypal Artist
Janeita Singh
Souza’s Gaze
Somak Ghoshal

The life and legacy of the artist with a female fetish

The Lion and the Lily: The Rise and Fall of Awadh /
The Lion and the Lily: The Rise and Fall of Awadh
Ira Mukhoty
The French Connection
Urvashi Bahuguna

Ira Mukhoty uses alternative histories in her portrait of Awadh. She tells how the old Western point of view has become dated

This Land We Call Home: The Story of a Family, Caste, Conversions and Modern India /
This Land We Call Home: The Story of a Family, Caste, Conversions and Modern India
Nusrat F Jafri
Mapping Home
Sharanya Manivannan

The interwoven histories of a family and a country

Darako /
Darako
Parashar Kulkarni
Spittle Parable
Areeb Ahmad

A satire set around a paan shop in colonial India

Nehru’s First Recruits: The Diplomats who Built Independent India’s Foreign Policy /
Nehru’s First Recruits: The Diplomats who Built Independent India’s Foreign Policy
Kallol Bhattacherjee
India International
TCA Raghavan

The country’s diplomatic history through its early recruits

The Hanuman Chalisa /
The Hanuman Chalisa
Translated by Vikram Seth
Poetic Licence
Bibek Debroy

What is lost in Vikram Seth’s wonderful translation of Hanuman Chalisa is bhakti

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