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TCA Raghavan

The country’s diplomatic history through its early recruits

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

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

Rosarita  /
Rosarita
Anita Desai
‘Writing is a bad habit of mine. I have never stopped,’ says Anita Desai

Anita Desai returns after more than a decade with the story of a young woman in Mexico. She speaks about why writers are outsiders

Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood and Sovereignty /
Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood and Sovereignty
Dilip Sinha
How India Lost the Case on Tibet

How India Lost the Case on Tibet: Nehru ignored red flags, misread communist China and the implications for India’s security

A Firestorm in Paradise: A Novel On The 1857 Uprising /
A Firestorm in Paradise: A Novel On The 1857 Uprising
Rana Safvi
Love in the Lost City

A historian’s first novel is a romance set in 1857

Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power /
Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power
Timothy W Ryback
Hitler Was Not Inevitable

A still relevant lesson on how to destroy democracy through democratic process

Poor Economics for Kids /
Poor Economics for Kids
Esther Duflo with Cheyenne Olivier
Portraits of Poverty

In a new book for children Esther Duflo shows what it means to be poor. The Nobel laureate and the book’s illustrator speak to

Daiva /
Daiva
K Hari Kumar
Call of the Spirits

Oral folklore and ritualistic traditions of Tulu Nadu

Keep Moving: Lessons on Staying Young in Mind and Body from India’s Fittest Family  /
Keep Moving: Lessons on Staying Young in Mind and Body from India’s Fittest Family
Milind Soman, Usha Soman and Ankita Konwar | with Roopa Pai
Family Secret on Fitness

Milind Soman, with his wife and mother, provides the key to staying young. They talk to

My Beloved Life /
My Beloved Life
Amitava Kumar
Time’s River

A father and daughter’s story foregrounded against a changing India

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