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Book Reviews

The Normality of Evil

Nandini Nair

Upamanyu Chatterjee’s seventh novel opens with the discovery of a dead body in a park. He speaks to Nandini Nair about creating crafty characters and the villainy principle

Villainy
Upamanyu Chatterjee
I Have Not Seen Mandu /
I Have Not Seen Mandu
Swadesh Deepak | Translated by Jerry Pinto
An Imprisoned Mind

A fractured memoir that is as much about madness as it is about writing

Motherland: Pushpamala N’s Woman and Nation /
Motherland: Pushpamala N’s Woman and Nation
Edited by Monica Juneja and Sumathi Ramaswamy
What’s in a Medium?

Pushpamala N’s photo-performances open up to scrutiny the act of dressing-up and posing for the camera, as well as the desire to recreate visual stories

Salman Khan: The Man, The Actor, The Legend /
Salman Khan: The Man, The Actor, The Legend
Devapriya Sanyal
The Spectator’s Star

The making of Salman Khan, the icon

Violeta /
Violeta
Isabel Allende | Translated by Frances Riddle
Isabel Allende: The Reckoning

Isabel Allende’s new novel is about a woman steeped in history

A History of Objects: A Collection Of Stories /
A History of Objects: A Collection Of Stories
Carlo Pizzati
Life Is Everything

A storyteller objectifies human nature

The Book of the Dog /
The Book of the Dog
Edited by Hemali Sodhi
Pet Intimacy

Two anthologies by pet parents pay tribute to beloved dogs and cats

Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas /
Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
Anirudh Kanisetti
Power and Religion

The complex evolution of cultures and societies in the Deccan

Annus Horribilis /
Annus Horribilis
Avinab Datta-Areng
Dream Verse

Avinab Datta-Areng’s debut poetry collection confronts family, loss and death. Aditya Mani Jha speaks to the poet

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