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Book Reviews

Elif Shafak: ‘I defend a pluralistic, liberal democracy’

Rajni George

Turkish author Elif Shafak tackles difficult subjects, often to the ire of the ruling regime. She tells Rajni George how storytelling can create empathy

Where The Hills Hide Their Secrets /
Where The Hills Hide Their Secrets
Adhirath Sethi
The Ho-Hum Secrets of the Hills

A whodunnit offering readers the opportunity to play murderer bingo

Ten Women Who Changed Science, And the World /
Ten Women Who Changed Science, And the World
Catherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans
She Did It

A series of essays about the life and work of 10 women scientists

Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities /
Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities
Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli
Shade in the City

How trees shelter and nurture us

Close to the Bone /
Close to the Bone
Lisa Ray
Empresses of Maladies

Cancer survivors are chronicling their stories, in books and on social media, with wisdom, courage and humour

Gun Island /
Gun Island
Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh: The Real and the Uncanny

Amitav Ghosh’s new novel addresses the big issues of the day. The author tells Nandini Nair why we are all migrants

Love Without A Story /
Love Without A Story
Arundhathi Subramaniam
‘I’m more interested in what remains when the story is done’

Arundhathi Subramaniam’s recent collection of poems revisits childhood, friendships and ageing

On the Run /
On the Run
Poomani’s novel Heat
On the Run

A classic tale of oppression provides a visceral understanding of caste violence

The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali /
The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
Uzma Aslam Khan
The Act of Remembering

Lost stories of the Andaman Islands as historical fiction

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