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Book Reviews

Nationalist As Revolutionary

Siddharth Singh

Redeeming Savarkar from polemics and hagiography

The Hill of Enchantment: The Story of My Life as a Writer /
The Hill of Enchantment: The Story of My Life as a Writer
Ruskin Bond
Brand Bond the Origin Story

Ruskin Bond, one of India’s most beloved storytellers, celebrates his ninetieth by returning to a childhood steeped in books and loneliness

Chambers Book of Indian Election Facts /
Chambers Book of Indian Election Facts
Surbek Biswas and Kingshuk Chatterjee
Election Almanac

A handy reference to Indian electoral history and beyond-the-ballot events

Never Never Land /
Never Never Land
Namita Gokhale
Lost and Found

A young woman’s search for meaning in the Himalayas

The Scent of Fallen Stars /
The Scent of Fallen Stars
Aishwarya Jha
Travels through Time

A daughter’s quest for her mother in Delhi

Code Dependent Living In The Shadow of AI /
Code Dependent Living In The Shadow of AI
Madhumita Murgia
A Manifesto for AI Users

Is Artificial Intelligence changing what it means to be human?

Like Being Alive Twice /
Like Being Alive Twice
Dharini Bhaskar
What Ifs

A dystopian novel that moves between fate and possibility

Choice /
Choice
Neel Mukherjee
States of Unrest

Neel Mukherjee’s new novel is a quarrel with capitalism. The author speaks about choices made and those deferred

Postcards from the Peripheries /
Postcards from the Peripheries
Sumana Roy
In Praise of the Provincial

Why those from small towns, whether it is William Shakespeare or DH Lawrence, are the equal of their more urban peers

Banned: A Social Media Trial /
Banned: A Social Media Trial
Boria Majumdar
Why I Don’t Look Back in Anger

Author and sports journalist Boria Majumdar in his memoir relives how he survived a ban on him and the social media trial that followed. Here is his side of the story

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