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Serve and Sell
Sunaina Kumar
Why Indian politicians are bad memoirists. An underdeveloped genre and the greater publishing possibilities it offers
Grand Dame of Destiny
Nayantara Sahgal talks about her life, work and the ever-changing idea of India on the eve of a new book and biography
Stones of Empire
Tristram Hunt’s portraits of cities such as Calcutta, Delhi and Bombay bring to life the imperial mission
Return of the Sage
This stark telling of the swift ascent of a political demagogue is a compelling commentary on modern India, despite a simplistic take on the ancient master of statecraft
Between the Sheets
An enjoyable erotic adventure, cooked up right at the publisher’s office, takes us directly to the young loins of politically correct urban India
The real deal
This elegant novel about young people in Delhi is a quietly subversive commentary on urban Indian life—and one of the most original voices in recent Indian fiction
The truth behind the laughter
The hilarious diary of a Pakistani socialite returns in its third sortie to cause a flutter yet again
Begum of the Basilica
Julia Keay tells the story of an extraordinary woman ruler who constantly reinvented herself to survive the turmoil of India’s passage to British rule
Family Chronicles
Fascinating Parsi characters fill Cyrus Mistry’s uneven collection of stories around hassled sons and lonely spouses
Man of the Wild
Conservationist Vivek Menon on charismatic mammals, environmental awareness and the urgent need for land securement
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