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Nandini Nair

A cultural portrait of the Indian cat

The Colonial Constitution: An Origin Story  /
The Colonial Constitution: An Origin Story
Arghya Sengupta
Origin Story

A recent book asks if India needs a new constitution

Won’t You Stay Radhika? /
Won’t You Stay Radhika?
Usha Priyamvada | Translated by Daisy Rockwell
Lost at Home

A landmark Hindi novel of the 1960s, now translated into English, tells of a woman caught between individual freedom and social obligation

The Best Possible Experience: Stories /
The Best Possible Experience: Stories
Nishanth Injam
Home Truths

Stories on the best and worst of life

The Less you Preach the More you Know: Aphorisms for Our Age /
The Less you Preach the More you Know: Aphorisms for Our Age
Shashi Tharoor and Joseph Zacharias | Illustra­tions by Priya Kuriyan
Shashi Tharoor: Word Class

Shashi Tharoor’s new book is a collection of aphorisms. The author and politician speaks about the art of provocation to

Tall Tales by a Small Dog /
Tall Tales by a Small Dog
Omair Ahmad
Dog Days

Stories from Gorakhpur where fact and fiction merge

Echoes from Forgotten Mountains: Tibet in War and Peace /
Echoes from Forgotten Mountains: Tibet in War and Peace
Jamyang Norbu
Jamyang Norbu: Memory Keeper

Jamyang Norbu’s new book is part memoir and part history of modern Tibet. The former guerrilla speaks about how he got swept into the resistance movement, offending the Dalai Lama, and the challenges of telling the truth

Modi: The Challenge of 2024 /
Modi: The Challenge of 2024
Minhaz Merchant
Modi In 2024

How to win India and influence history

Digesting India: A Travel Writer’s Sub-Continental Adventure  /
Digesting India: A Travel Writer’s Sub-Continental Adventure
Zac O’Yeah
Tasting Time

Understanding India through its food and drink

A Walk up the Hill: Living with People and Nature /
A Walk up the Hill: Living with People and Nature
Madhav Gadgil
Madhav Gadgil: The Man On the Hill

Madhav Gadgil relives his fascination with the natural world in his memoir. The veteran ecologist talks to

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