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Book Reviews

Beyond Insiders and Outsiders

Ankur Tamuli Phukan

An astute analysis of identity and belonging in Assam

Assam: The Accord, The Discord
Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty
Capitalism Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World /
Capitalism Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World
Branko Milanovic
The Price of Success

Capitalism’s victory is all encompassing but it has also led the world to a cul-de-sac of ideas

The Far Field /
The Far Field
Madhuri Vijay
All About the Mother

In praise of a different kind of woman in fiction

India and the Cold War /
India and the Cold War
Edited by Manu Bhagavan
Being Real

Was India a wily swing state during the Cold War?

Living Mantra: Mantra, Deity and Visionary Experience Today /
Living Mantra: Mantra, Deity and Visionary Experience Today
Mani Rao
When the God Appeared

How are visionary experiences understood by practitioners themselves?

Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-Politics /
Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-Politics
Shaj Mohan and Divya Dwivedi
Second Thoughts

A philosophical appraisal of Gandhi’s outlook and ideas

One Hell of a Lover /
One Hell of a Lover
Unni R | Translated by J Devika
One Hell of a Storyteller

Unni R, a master of the short story form, remains committed to an approximate realism

Who Killed Liberal Islam?  /
Who Killed Liberal Islam?
Hasan Suroor
Missing in Action

Hasan Suroor’s call to moderate Muslims for introspection

Looking for Miss Sargam: Stories of Music and Misadventure  /
Looking for Miss Sargam: Stories of Music and Misadventure
Shubha Mudgal
Notes of Misadventure

Shubha Mudgal marks her fiction debut with a wonderfully tongue-in-cheek collection of stories set in the Hindustani classical music world

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