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Book Reviews

The Fall of Red Fort

Rohit Chakraborty

Oral histories chronicling the end of the Mughals

Tears of the Begums: Stories of Survivors of the Uprising of 1857
Khwaja Hasan Nizami | Translated from Urdu by Rana Safvi
Shivaji: India’s Great Warrior King /
Shivaji: India’s Great Warrior King
Vaibhav Purandare
The Sword of Shivaji

Bringing the legend of the warrior king to a new generation

Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar: A Citizen’s First Approach /
Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar: A Citizen’s First Approach
Rohini Nilekani
‘You have got to be optimistic in a young country,’ says Rohini Nilekani

Rohini Nilekani speaks to Open about creating a balance between the state, communities and the marketplace

C: A Novel /
C: A Novel
Anupama Raju
Eternal City

A poetic battle to write and find love in a new place

Stories of the True /
Stories of the True
Jeyamohan | Translated from the Tamil by Priyamvada
A Search for Moorings

Short stories about the human struggle to follow an ethical path

The Map and The Scissors /
The Map and The Scissors
Amit Majmudar
Entwined Lives

Amit Majmudar’s new book fictionalises a comparative study of Gandhi and Jinnah

Where the Cobbled Path Leads /
Where the Cobbled Path Leads
Avinuo Kire
A Way from Death to Life

Naga folklore and modern life come together in this folk fantasy novel

India’s Science Geniuses and the Problems They are Solving /
India’s Science Geniuses and the Problems They are Solving
Archana Sharma and Spoorthy Raman
Scientific Temper

Is the Nobel Prize the ultimate measure of achievement in science?

Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya  /
Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya
Akshaya Mukul
Agyeya: Being Human

A multi-layered biography of Agyeya, a foundational figure of modern Hindi literature

Bitter Orange Tree /
Bitter Orange Tree
Jokha Alharthi
‘Grief takes many shapes In the novel,’ says Jokha Alharthi

Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s new book chronicles a young woman’s attempts to understand home and belonging. The author in conversation with Open

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