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Hands in the Mud

Shylashri Shankar

When planting a thought is space-time medicine

The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature

The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature

Sue Stuart-Smith

Vesper Flights /

Vesper Flights

Helen Macdonald

Natural Instinct

Nandini Nair

Wonder-filled dispatches from the wild

Breaking Through: A Memoir /

Breaking Through: A Memoir

Isher Judge Ahluwalia

Beyond the Glass Ceiling

Zakia Soman

Isher Judge Ahluwalia’s memoir chronicles a life less ordinary

France Before 1789: The Unravelling of an Absolutist Regime /

France Before 1789: The Unravelling of an Absolutist Regime

Jon Elster

The Nuts and Bolts of History

Siddharth Singh

A timely examination of the microfoundations of big political events

Nowhere /

Nowhere

Nitesh Noor Mohanty

Love Remains

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

A husband’s photo diary of his wife’s private and final moments makes the personal universal

Every Creature Has a Story: What Science Reveals About Animal Behaviour /

Every Creature Has a Story: What Science Reveals About Animal Behaviour

Janaki Lenin

Why Is the Giraffe’s Neck So Long?

Shail Desai

The big and small questions of the natural world

Shameless /

Shameless

Taslima Nasreen, Translated by Arunava Sinha

Lesser Lives

Vineetha Mokkil

Taslima Nasreen’s new novel, the sequel to Lajja, grapples with the exiled and the persecuted

Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar /

Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar

Oliver Craske

Ravi Shankar: The Hermit and the Heartbreaker

Shreevatsa Nevatia

Oliver Craske’s biography reveals the many lives of Ravi Shankar by balancing his personal history with his musical mastery

Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver /

Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver

Urjit Patel

Rage against the Machine

Rohit Chandra

Urjit Patel provides a critique of fiscal overreach

Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race and Empire /

Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race and Empire

Pankaj Mishra

Pankaj Mishra’s Protest

Siddharth Singh

The impossibility of creating utopias

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