Books
Begum of the Basilica
Mark Tully
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
The executioner’s song
A dark, masterful satire plays on death and the media, bringing one of Kerala’s strongest voices to English via Calcutta
The international list
From Britain’s music scene of the 90s to China’s Cultural Revolution to the publishing worlds of New York and London, a treat of drama and comedy
The wretched land
A study of Pakistan’s pervasive military influence masters the broad strokes of its history but lacks the insight of intimacy
The island of the day before
An empathetic portrait of the Sri Lankan Civil War gives powerful voice to the living and the dead
Graveyard of ignorance
A first-hand study of Pashtuns offers a native’s perspective often lost on world capitals
Sacred treasure
A limited edition pictorial guide to Varanasi returns a rare British Library map to India after more than a century
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