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Chasing the Elephant’s Shadow

Rahul Pandita

Badri Narayan’s book throws new light on the RSS. The author tells Rahul Pandita how the organisation is trying to inculcate a vision of modernity coupled with traditional wisdom

Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh Is Reshaping Indian Democracy
Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh Is Reshaping Indian Democracy
Badri Narayan
Grains of Stardust /
Grains of Stardust
Vismaya Mohanlal
‘Bleed Out Your Truth’
Antara Raghavan

Vismaya Mohanlal’s debut collection of poems and paintings reflects her search for meaning and identity

Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India /
Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India
Ghazala Wahab
The Born Identity
Zakia Soman

A personal history of Islam in India

Club You to Death /
Club You to Death
Anuja Chauhan
Capital Caper
Nikita Doval

Anuja Chauhan sets her whodunnit in Delhi’s toniest club

Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India /
Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India
J Furcifer Bhairav and Rakesh Khanna
Feasting on Fear
Jaideep Unudurti

Inside the subcontinent’s house of spirits

The Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva /
The Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva
Meena Arora Nayak
Ocean of Stories
Arshia Sattar

The magical realism of a Sanskrit classic retold

Wild and Wilful: Tales of 15 Iconic Indian Species /
Wild and Wilful: Tales of 15 Iconic Indian Species
Neha Sinha
Into the Wild
Ranjit Lal

A world between man and beast

Klara and the Sun /
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Future of Love
Sanjay Sipahimalani

The undiminished solar power of Kazuo Ishiguro’s imagination

Jallianwala Bagh: A Groundbreaking History of the 1919 Massacre /
Jallianwala Bagh: A Groundbreaking History of the 1919 Massacre
VN Datta | Introduction by Nonica Datta
The Amritsar Massacre
VN Datta

An account of the carnage that shook the country in 1919, and wounded its consciousness

Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought /
Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought
Kavitha Iyer
Parched Earth
Lhendup G Bhutia

Farmer protests told through one of India’s most distressed regions

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