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Vineetha Mokkil

A mystic’s journey through the labyrinth of time

Babu Bangladesh
Numair Atif Choudhury
Arsonist: Poet, Weaver, Seer, Blashemer /
Arsonist: Poet, Weaver, Seer, Blashemer
Kiran Nagarkar
Moral Overdose

Kiran Nagarkar’s novel about Kabir collapses under its didactic weight

Everest: Reflections on the Solukhumbu /
Everest: Reflections on the Solukhumbu
Lisa Choegyal and Sujoy Das
People and Peaks

Two writers romance the Everest

Visible Muslim, Invisible Citizen: Understanding Islam in Indian Democracy /
Visible Muslim, Invisible Citizen: Understanding Islam in Indian Democracy
Salman Khurshid
Divided We Fall

What’s it like being a Muslim in today’s India? Salman Khurshid takes a personal journey with a political message

The Carpet Weaver /
The Carpet Weaver
Nemat Sadat
Facing up to the Forbidden

The novelist Nemat Sadat tells Bhavya Dore about the travails of coming out as a gay man in Afghanistan

The Book of Love: Stories /
The Book of Love: Stories
Ekarat
Passion Plays

Love is a dish best served cold

The Wealth of Religions /
The Wealth of Religions
Rachel McCleary and Robert Barro
Opium for the Masses

The relationship between economic growth and religious belief

The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life /
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
Mark Synnott
On top of the World

Alex Honnold has redefined rock climbing, and our understanding of fear

The Department of Sensitive Crimes A Detective Varg Novel /
The Department of Sensitive Crimes A Detective Varg Novel
Alexander McCall Smith
The Sixth Sense

Hold your breath, smart detectives are at work

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