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Book Reviews

Mosaic of Mourning

Sudha G Tilak

Journalism meets poetry to map grief’s terrain

White Lillies: An Essay on Grief
White Lillies: An Essay on Grief
Vidya Krishnan
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

Shamans of the Himalayas /
Shamans of the Himalayas
Anu Malhotra
Himalayan Wonder
Aditya Mani Jha

Anu Malhotra finds a very contemporary story in the life and traditions of the shamans

Indira Gandhi and the Years That Transformed India /
Indira Gandhi and the Years That Transformed India
Srinath Raghavan
Indira’s India
Siddharth Singh

Understanding the volatility of her prime ministership

The Nehru Years: An International History of Indian Non-Alignment /
The Nehru Years: An International History of Indian Non-Alignment
Swapna Kona Nayudu
Non-Aligned India
TCA Raghavan

Three seminal chapters in diplomatic history

Songs Our Bodies Sing /
Songs Our Bodies Sing
Lindsay Pereira
Inside Out
Madhulika Liddle

Stories about differences and commonalities across borders

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