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Book Reviews

‘This white metal box is my home. And it will be my coffin, too’

Rejimon Kuttappan

He migrated to Oman, struggled as an undocumented worker for twenty-two years and returned to a family that did not want him

India Reckoning: Politics, Economy, Governance and Beyond /
India Reckoning: Politics, Economy, Governance and Beyond
Bimal Jalan
The Democratic Pace of Reforms

Slow and steady change, with reasonable consensus, is more durable

Lahore: Book 1 of the Partition Trilogy /
Lahore: Book 1 of the Partition Trilogy
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
Delhi and Lahore

The prologue to Partition

A Thousand Cuts: An Innocent Question And Deadly Answers /
A Thousand Cuts: An Innocent Question And Deadly Answers
TJ Joseph | Translated by Nandakumar K
Not Guilty

A memoir by a fugitive who has committed no crime

The Man Who Bent Light: Father of Fibre Optics - A Memoir /
The Man Who Bent Light: Father of Fibre Optics - A Memoir
Narinder Singh Kapany
The Physicist Genius

Narinder Singh Kapany was an inventor, art collector and entrepreneur whose work transformed information technology

The Blind Matriarch /
The Blind Matriarch
Namita Gokhale
The Great Indian Family

With her 20th book, Namita Gokhale does what she does best—write about lives like ours

Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses /
Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses
Pranay Lal
The Overlord

Whether we see viruses as life-threatening or life-affirming, there is a certain elegance in the way they function

The Ambassador and the Private Eye  /
The Ambassador and the Private Eye
Kris Srinivasan
The Diplomat Does It

Investigative short stories with a philosophical undertone

A Time Outside this Time /
A Time Outside this Time
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar: Seeking Truth Between the Lines

Amitava Kumar’s latest novel challenges fake news and the form of the novel. The author in conversation with Antara Raghavan

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