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Book Reviews

Equally Ever After

Sharanya Manivannan

An anthology that changes the fairy tale into a space of inclusion

Right Angle to Life /
Right Angle to Life
Krishnan Srinivasan
Murder in Burdwan

A filmmaker’s death reveals unusual truths about small town Bengal

Leech and Other Stories /
Leech and Other Stories
Ranjan Adiga
Calls of Kathmandu

Contemporary Nepalis struggling to belong to new worlds

Unmasked: Reflections in Brush and Ink  /
Unmasked: Reflections in Brush and Ink
Nandita Chaudhuri
Shades and Tones

Nandita Chaudhuri’s multidisciplinary language of poems and paintings investigates human nature

The Fall of Kabul: Despatches from Chaos /
The Fall of Kabul: Despatches from Chaos
Nayanima Basu
Kabul Falling

A ringside view of the collapse of Afghanistan

Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest For Immortality /
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest For Immortality
Venki Ramakrishnan
The Pursuit of Longevity

Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan’s deep dive into the human endeavour against ageing and death has a surprising conclusion

Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva  /
Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva
Janaki Bakhle
Nationalist As Revolutionary

Redeeming Savarkar from polemics and hagiography

The Hill of Enchantment: The Story of My Life as a Writer /
The Hill of Enchantment: The Story of My Life as a Writer
Ruskin Bond
Brand Bond the Origin Story

Ruskin Bond, one of India’s most beloved storytellers, celebrates his ninetieth by returning to a childhood steeped in books and loneliness

Chambers Book of Indian Election Facts /
Chambers Book of Indian Election Facts
Surbek Biswas and Kingshuk Chatterjee
Election Almanac

A handy reference to Indian electoral history and beyond-the-ballot events

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