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The End of Immunity

Sudeep Paul

A lawyer-writer explains how Augusto Pinochet’s 1998 arrest in London changed international law even as he pursues the connection between the dictator and a notorious Nazi war criminal

38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia

38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia

Philippe Sands

The Moving of Mountains: The Remarkable Story of the Agastya International Foundation /

The Moving of Mountains: The Remarkable Story of the Agastya International Foundation

Adhirath Sethi

Classroom Revolution

Mohit Satyanand

Moving students from passive to active learning

Shape of an Apostrophe /

Shape of an Apostrophe

Uttama Kirit Patel

Ties that Bind

Bhavya Dore

A diasporic tale that examines motherhood

The Ghadar Movement: A Forgotten Struggle /

The Ghadar Movement: A Forgotten Struggle

Rana Preet Gill

A book that revives the memories of the ‘forgotten heroes’ of the Ghadar Movement

Shaan Kashyap

Rana Preet Gill’s work offers a wealth of detail—material that an alert reader might well shape into probing questions

White Lillies: An Essay on Grief /

White Lillies: An Essay on Grief

Vidya Krishnan

Mosaic of Mourning

Sudha G Tilak

Journalism meets poetry to map grief’s terrain

The Second Book of Prophets /

The Second Book of Prophets

Benyamin | Translated from Malayalam by Ministhy S

The Early Revolutionary

Rohit Chakraborty

Malayalam writer Benyamin retells the life and times of Jesus Christ in a secular way

Gandhi: The End of Non-Violence /

Gandhi: The End of Non-Violence

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

How non-violent was Gandhi?

Shaan Kashyap

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee’s new book on the final phase of Gandhi’s life can be read in many ways. While it inspires, it also calls for greater pragmatism in the writing of history

The Bird, a Bone, and Other Witnesses of a Museum Fire /

The Bird, a Bone, and Other Witnesses of a Museum Fire

Sahil Naik

An Art Book Documents the Losses of Museum Fires

Nandini Nair

Sahil Naik traces the journeys of lost artefacts

Learning to Make Tea for One /

Learning to Make Tea for One

Andaleeb Wajid

Journey through Grief

Chintan Girish Modi

A memoir on memory and mortality, love and loss

All Our Loves: Journeys with Polyamory in India /

All Our Loves: Journeys with Polyamory in India

Arundhati Ghosh

Love All

Rush Mukherjee

Navigating the challenges and possibilities of open relationships

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