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Book Reviews

Floral Folios

Riddhi Doshi

A cultural canvas for Indian plants

The Elephant in the Womb /
The Elephant in the Womb
Kalki Koechlin | Illustrated by Valeriya Polyanychko
Kalki Koechlin: Dragon Queen

Kalki Koechlin’s mommy memoir is like her: candid, creative and full of truths that the merchants of bliss don’t reveal

Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition /
Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition
Uday Mahurkar
The Restoration of Savarkar

How relevant is his muscular national security vision today?

False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma /
False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma
Manu S Pillai
The Quiet Patriotism of Ravi Varma

Funded by maharajahs, admired by moderates while also welcoming the extremist vision, in his domain, the artist manifested a nationalism of his own

The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories /
The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories
Indu Menon | Translated from Malayalam by Nandakumar K
The Anatomy of Outrage

Short stories etched in blood and honesty

Equations  /
Equations
Shivani Sibal
Capital Cabal

A portrait of class dynamics and social change in Delhi

A God at The Door /
A God at The Door
Tishani Doshi
A Reluctance to Forget

Tishani Doshi’s poems slice through recent political and social events

Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy /
Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy
Christophe Jaffrelot | Translated by Cynthia Schoch
Seeing Saffron

Christophe Jaffrelot’s argument that India has moved towards an ethnic democracy does not stand scrutiny

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