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Patna to Purnia

Aditya Mani Jha

Difficult truths from Bihar concealed within acceptable homilies

The Book of Bihari Literature
The Book of Bihari Literature
Edited by Abhay K
The Corbett Papers: Life and Career of Jim Corbett of Kumaon /
The Corbett Papers: Life and Career of Jim Corbett of Kumaon
Edited by Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter
The Hunter’s Nature
Ranjit Lal

The enduring aura of Jim Corbett

A Life in the Shadows: A Memoir /
A Life in the Shadows: A Memoir
AS Dulat
When Shadows Speak
Ravi Joshi

A spymaster tells the Kashmir story through his own life

People of India: The New Indian Politics In the 21st Century /
People of India: The New Indian Politics In the 21st Century
Edited by Ravinder Kaur and Nayanika Mathur
A Lexicon for New India
Ullekh NP

Deciphering the nature of the nation

The Book of Vanish­ing Species /
The Book of Vanish­ing Species
Beatrice Forshall
‘If we give nature a chance, it can and will recover,’ says Beatrice Forshall
Shaikh Ayaz

Beatrice Forshall’s engravings of the natural world revolve around the conservation of species. The artist-author in conversation with

Insurgency and the Artist: The Art of the Freedom Struggle in India /
Insurgency and the Artist: The Art of the Freedom Struggle in India
Vinay Lal
The Rani of Jhansi’s Journey to Eternity through Art
Vinay Lal

Queen of freedom

Cartoos Saab: A Soldier’s Story of Resilience In Adversity /
Cartoos Saab: A Soldier’s Story of Resilience In Adversity
Maj Gen Ian Cardozo
Never Give In
Sampad Patnaik

A soldier’s memoir is the story of Indian Army too

India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, 1947 to Today /
India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, 1947 to Today
Ashoka Mody
Through a Lens Darkly
Siddharth Singh

Ashoka Mody’s understanding of Indian democracy is unnecessarily pessimistic

Slow Is Beautiful: The Ultimate Art Journal for Mindful Living /
Slow Is Beautiful: The Ultimate Art Journal for Mindful Living
Ahlawat Gunjan
Ahlawat Gunjan: Garden Palette
Antara Raghavan

When art bridges the gap between humans and nature

The World: A Family History /
The World: A Family History
Simon Sebag Montefiore
‘I tried to think of a way to put the human back into a world history,’ says Simon Sebag Montefiore
Bhavya Dore

In two volumes, Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the world’s great families. The historian speaks about combining the span of world history with the grit of human biography

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