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Mukund Padmanabhan

Gopalkrishna Gandhi's new book is history accentuated by memory

The Undying Light: A Personal History of Independent India
The Undying Light: A Personal History of Independent India
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Another Day in Landour: Looking Out from My Window /
Another Day in Landour: Looking Out from My Window
Ruskin Bond
Window to the World
Nandini Nair

Ruskin Bond looks within and outside in his new book

The Comeback /
The Comeback
Annie Zaidi
Friends in Need
Chintan Girish Modi

Two men grapple with the cost of success and the draw of the arts

Theft /
Theft
Abdulrazak Gurnah
‘Colonialism Is a Kind of Theft,’ says Abdulrazak Gurnah
Nandini Nair

Abdulrazak Gurnahís new novel tells of the uneasy passage into adulthood. The Nobel Prize winning-author speaks to Nandini Nair

Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography /
Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography
Sachin Nandha
Speculative History
Shaan Kashyap

Sachin Nandha’s biography of Hedgewar tries to paint a nuanced picture of the RSS founder but fails

The Tiger’s Share /
The Tiger’s Share
Keshava Guha
Eco Friction
Aditya Mani Jha

Many fissures of Delhi come alive in Keshava Guha's novel

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories /
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Banu Mushtaq | Translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi
Feminist Fire
Nandini Nair

Banu Mushtaq’s stories that are both folkloric and contemporary make it to the International Booker Prize shortlist

Tales from Qabristan /
Tales from Qabristan
Sabin Iqbal
A Place Called Grief
Chintan Girish Modi

A boy navigates love, life and death in a Kerala village

Unknown City /
Unknown City
Amitabha Bagchi
The Inward Gaze
Arshia Sattar

Amitabha Bagchi’s new novel is a meditation on relationships

Learning from Silence /
Learning from Silence
Pico Iyer
‘The best of us resides in our silent self,’ says Pico Iyer
Nandini Nair

The rewards of silence and solitude are more than personal. Pico Iyer discusses his new book with

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