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Of Nations and Illusions

Siddharth Singh

A useful guide to the one-eyed and the blind of the economic world

Auteur’s Odyssey

This book fills a vacuum as the art of a pioneer of the Indian New Wave gets a scholarly treatment

The Original Rebel

Krishna Sobti’s novel looks at tradition and modernity through a non-conformist lens

For Whom the Drums Beat

Dalit ethics and aesthetics have the power to disrupt the grammar of caste

Bringing up Mommy

Pallavi Aiyar bravely highlights the befuddling experience of being an urban mother

The Shashi Mystique

This anecdotal biography charts the evolution of India’s first crossover star

The Marginal Man

The memoir of a Gond artist brings out the cultural perversions of progress

In Pursuit of Honour

The story of an Afghan woman hunted for the crime of taking control of her own life

A Woman in a Story

When Marathi actress Vandana Mishra bids farewell to high heels in a different kind of Bombay

Alain de Botton: The Post-Romantic

Alain de Botton returns to fiction and redeems love from romance. The philosopher novelist in conversation with Nandini Nair

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