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Book Reviews

Light in the Dark

Anjali Bhavan

A delightful and heartbreaking memoir that celebrates life

Tales from the Tail End: My Cancer Diary
Ananya Mukherjee , (Illustrator: Peeyush Sekhsaria)
The Outraged: Times of Strife  /
The Outraged: Times of Strife
Aditya Sudarshan
Searching for a Revolution

Aditya Sudarshan captures the identity crisis of a city which once took pride in its liberalism

Friends from College /
Friends from College
Devapriya Roy
Love and Longing

Devapriya Roy’s novel is a refreshing ode to Calcutta, and friendships from the past

The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History /
The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History
Manu S Pillai
The Big Little Stories

Manu S Pillai chronicles historical characters against the amnesia of time

Quichotte /
Quichotte
Salman Rushdie
Rushdie’s Quest

Cervantes gets a worthy successor

Plastic Emotions /
Plastic Emotions
Shiromi Pinto
The Missing Frame

Shiromi Pinto’s new novel examines feminist icon and architect Minnette de Silva

Rivers Remember: The Shocking Truth of a Manmade Flood /
Rivers Remember: The Shocking Truth of a Manmade Flood
Krupa Ge
When a City Sinks

Chronicling Chennai’s flood and the many failures of multiple stakeholders to mitigate and respond to the disaster

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire /
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
William Dalrymple
East India Company: The Evil Empire

The White-Brown nexus comes alive in William Dalrymple’s compelling portrait of the East India Company

Superior: The Return of Race Science /
Superior: The Return of Race Science
Angela Saini
‘There is no biological basis to race’

Angela Saini dismantles notions of ethnicity and colour in her latest book. The author in conversation with Bhavya Dore

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