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Book Reviews

Machinations in Magadha

Devapriya Roy

A spy story set in the Ashokan age

Return of the Brahmin
Ravi Shankar Etteth
India, that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution /
India, that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
J Sai Deepak
Who Are We?

J Sai Deepak’s book heralds the ripening of the Indic civilisational discourse

The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue /
The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue
Rasheed Kidwai
Being the Scindias

A family that has ensured a seamless transition from the top rung of one system to another

Murder on the Menu: The Sensational Story of the Tycoon Who Founded Saravana Bhavan /
Murder on the Menu: The Sensational Story of the Tycoon Who Founded Saravana Bhavan
Nirupama Subramanian
The Fall of the Dosa King

How the discovery of a body in the Western Ghats had led to the conviction of P Rajagopal, founder of Saravana Bhavan, for murder

Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest /
Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest
Boria Majumdar and Kushan Sarkar
Mohammed Siraj: Father’s Son

The grief, determination and team spirit behind Mohammed Siraj’s success in Australia

Khwabnama /
Khwabnama
Akhtaruzzaman Elias | Translated by Arunava Sinha
Between Landscapes and Dreamscapes

A majestic celebration of the cultural diversity of the subcontinent

Song of Draupadi  /
Song of Draupadi
Ira Mukhoty
Resistance and Resilience

Women characters in the Mahabharata push back against patriarchy in a new interpretation of the epic

Better to Have Gone: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville /
Better to Have Gone: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville
Akash Kapur
Akash Kapur: A Sceptic’s Faith

Akash Kapur’s nonfiction book tells of the quest for utopia in Auroville. He speaks to Nandini Nair about writing history without judgement and the impossibility of an ideal world

Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of the R.A.W. and the I.S.I. /
Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of the R.A.W. and the I.S.I.
Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark
Spy vs Spy

When the RAW put the ISI in a spot after 9/11

One Love and the Many Lives of Osip B /
One Love and the Many Lives of Osip B
CP Surendran
Stalin as Metaphor

CP Surendran marshals powerful characters to link the old and the new

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