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The X Files

Suresh Bangara

A first-rate thriller from our military history

Operation X: The Untold Story of India's Covert Naval War in East Pakistan 1971
Operation X: The Untold Story of India's Covert Naval War in East Pakistan 1971
Capt MNR Samant (MVC) and Sandeep Unnithan
No Laughing Matter: The Ambedkar Cartoons 1932-1956 /
No Laughing Matter: The Ambedkar Cartoons 1932-1956
Edited and selected by Unnamati Syama Sundar
Curse of the Caricature
Sipra Mukherjee

Were Indian cartoonists casteist on Ambedkar?

Lessons Life Taught Me ,Unknowingly /
Lessons Life Taught Me ,Unknowingly
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher: Loser, Fighter, Winner
Omkar Khandekar

Anupam Kher, the actor with a political conscience, talks about his life and art

The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves /
The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves
Andrew Lownie
When Edwina Missed India and Nehru
Andrew Lownie

The many loves of the Mountbattens

Tales from the Tail End: My Cancer Diary /
Tales from the Tail End: My Cancer Diary
Ananya Mukherjee , (Illustrator: Peeyush Sekhsaria)
Light in the Dark
Anjali Bhavan

A delightful and heartbreaking memoir that celebrates life

The Outraged: Times of Strife /
The Outraged: Times of Strife
Aditya Sudarshan
Searching for a Revolution
Akshaya Pillai

Aditya Sudarshan captures the identity crisis of a city which once took pride in its liberalism

Friends from College /
Friends from College
Devapriya Roy
Love and Longing
Kanika Sharma

Devapriya Roy’s novel is a refreshing ode to Calcutta, and friendships from the past

Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self- Determination /
Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self- Determination
Adom Getachew
The Rhinoceros in the Room
Siddharth Singh

Why nationalism is back for good

The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History /
The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History
Manu S Pillai
The Big Little Stories
Devapriya Roy

Manu S Pillai chronicles historical characters against the amnesia of time

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Quichotte
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Rushdie’s Quest
S Prasannarajan

Cervantes gets a worthy successor

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