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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

Vertu Signature Touch

This high-end handset redefines the meaning of a luxury smartphone

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

Nikon D810

A full-frame D-SLR for cinematographers and multimedia photographers

News from Babel

The art of translation and the tragedy of Indian literature

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

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