Book Reviews - Open The Magazine

×

Book Reviews

Magnificent Megaflora

Ranjit Lal

India’s ecological heritage in 75 trees

Iconic Trees of India

Iconic Trees of India

S Natesh | Illustrations by Sagar Bhowmick

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World /

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

William Dalrymple

The Empire of Ideas

William Dalrymple’s new book mapping India’s civilisational legacy tells the world a story and invites Indians to a debate

The Nukes, the Jihad, the Hawalas, and Crystal Meth /

The Nukes, the Jihad, the Hawalas, and Crystal Meth

Iqbal Chand Malhotra

The Meth Supremacy

Iqbal Chand Malhotra

How the ISI deceived America to protect the Afghan drug trade and enable the Taliban’s return

Tripping Down the Ganga A Son’s Exploration of Faith /

Tripping Down the Ganga A Son’s Exploration of Faith

Siddharth Kapila

Pilgrim’s Puzzle

Chintan Girish Modi

A son’s love-hate relationship with faith

A Bouquet of Dead Flowers /

A Bouquet of Dead Flowers

Swadesh Deepak | Translated by Jerry Pinto, Nirupama Dutt, Pratik Kanjilal and Sukant Deepak

Master of the Neo-Gothic

Aditya Mani Jha

Swadesh Deepak’s short stories penetrate masculine stereotypes and shatter illusions

Gully Gully: Travels around India during the 2023 World Cup /

Gully Gully: Travels around India during the 2023 World Cup

Aditya Iyer

Idol Worship

India’s obsession with cricket seen through a super fan in Chennai

Everyday Indian Aesthetic /

Everyday Indian Aesthetic

Sayali Goyal

The Beauty Myth

Sayali Goyal finds in ordinary objects the richness of Indian design. The photographer tells how she turns the mundane into the magnificent

Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilisation was Discovered /

Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilisation was Discovered

Nayanjot Lahiri

The Discovery that Changed Indian History

Nayanjot Lahiri unearths ASI files to retell how the cities of the Indus Civilisation were found a hundred years ago

Breaking Rocks and Barriers: Memoirs of a Geologist and Mountaineer /

Breaking Rocks and Barriers: Memoirs of a Geologist and Mountaineer

Sudipta Sengupta

Woman on the Peak

A pioneering geologist and explorer recounts her life

The Fifteen: The Lives and Times of the Women in India’s Constituent Assembly /

The Fifteen: The Lives and Times of the Women in India’s Constituent Assembly

Angellica Aribam and Akash Satyawali

Founding Women

The making of the Indian republic in 15 portraits

« prev 1 2 3 4 … 89 next »

Magazine

Subscribe today and save up to 85% off the cover price

Defender of the faith

Lawrence Bishnoi: A Don’s World