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Always the Outsider

Nandini Nair

The idea of alienation permeates Jhumpa Lahiri’s new collection of short stories

Roman Stories
Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri | Translated from Italian by the author with Todd Portnowitz
From Phansi Yard: My Year with the Women of Yerawada /
From Phansi Yard: My Year with the Women of Yerawada
Sudha Bharadwaj
The Prison Diarist
Lhendup G Bhutia

Sudha Bharadwaj, an activist on bail, talks about her book on the life in a jail

Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King /
Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King
Patrick Olivelle
Ashoka: The King Who Said Sorry
Upinder Singh

Patrick Olivelle’s riveting portrait of Ashoka brings out the universalism of the virtuous ruler

The Day I Became A Runner: A Women’s History of India Through the Lens of Sport /
The Day I Became A Runner: A Women’s History of India Through the Lens of Sport
Sohini Chattopadhyay
Racing Against Time
Sumana Ramanan

What the women runners reveal about Indian society

Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns /
Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
MJ Akbar
The Moral Realist
MJ Akbar

Gandhi’s sympathy for Jews did not blind him to injustice against Arabs

The Sufi’s Nightingale /
The Sufi’s Nightingale
Sarbpreet Singh
Longing in Lahore
Chintan Girish Modi

The many secrets of love and faith

Another India:Events, Memories, People /
Another India:Events, Memories, People
Chandan Gowda
Of Kings and Mystics
V Shoba

Glimpses into India’s moral traditions

Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East /
Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
Uri Kaufman
Who by His Own Hand?
Sudeep Paul

A new book on the October 1973 Yom Kippur War provides an inadvertent insight into what went wrong for Israel on October 7, 2023

Indian Cookery /
Indian Cookery
Madhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey: Kitchen Confidante
Nandini Nair

The 40th anniversary edition of Madhur Jaffrey’s cult cook book is a reminder of the food traditions that change and those that do not. The actor, author, and chef speaks to

Attraction, Love, Sex: The Inside Story /
Attraction, Love, Sex: The Inside Story
Simon LeVay
‘The Biggest Myth Related to Sex Is Sexual Orientation’
Bhavya Dore

Simon LeVay in his new book unravels the secrets of sex. The British-American neuroscientist speaks to Bhavya Dore about fetishes and fantasies

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