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Book Reviews

The Subcontinent at Ease

Siddharth Singh

A history of a brief window of cooperation casts an interesting light on India’s relations with Pakistan

Amnesty /
Amnesty
Aravind Adiga
Nowhere Man

In his novel about a Sri Lankan migrant in Australia, Aravind Adiga makes the reader care with his well-earned facts

Jaipur Journals /
Jaipur Journals
Namita Gokhale
Festival Insider

Namita Gokhale's true fiction about the most interesting and least known characters of a lit fest

The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West /
The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West
Alistair Shearer
An East-West Encounter

An anecdotal account of yoga’s journey from an ancient road to enlightenment to a wellness industry

I Could Not Be Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS /
I Could Not Be Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS
Bhanwar Meghwanshi | Translated from the Hindi by Nivedita Menon
The Dalit Who Got Out

Bhanwar Meghwanshi tells Bhavya Dore how he has become a non-Hindu

Moustache /
Moustache
S Hareesh | Translated from the Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil
The Legend of Kuttanad

This many-layered novel, about a folk-hero and his fabulous moustache, examines the nature of story-telling— how people, animals and places can be kept alive through the narratives built around them

A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose /
A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose
Samra Zafar
The Good Fight

How a woman reclaimed her life from an abusive marriage

Fearless Freedom /
Fearless Freedom
Kavita Krishnan
An Equal Life

A manifesto for greater gender equality

A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Character of JBS Haldane /
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Character of JBS Haldane
Samanth Subramanian
Scientist as Socialist

Samanth Subramanian portrays the many lives of JBS Haldane to perfection

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