books

An Empire Redeemed

Prabha Chandran

Audrey Truschke goes deep into the fundamental flaws of Hindu-Mulsim distrust

‘They were Indian kings’

Prabha Chandran

A Sanskrit scholar from America returns to the Mughal court to trace its Indian cultural roots

Europe Reimagined

Srinath Raghavan

As three historians return to the bloody evolution of 20th century Europe, we realise how the current cataclysms of a continent make it easier for us to understand its past

Love and Language

Arshia Sattar

Poet-saint Andal’s work proves that she regards the body a site of the sacred as much as the soul

Out of Tune

Dharminder Kumar

This translation of Sufi saint Shah Hussein’s work speaks in his voice but not in all its fullness

Written on the Body

Sumana Roy

A master of ‘wet poems’ places the body at the centre of political and social structures

Bant Singh: Notes of Defiance

Chatura Rao

An ode to the Dalit singer Bant Singh explores the beauty and bloodiness of Punjab

Stripped to the Core

Rosalyn D’Mello

Is writing a memoir worth the sacrifice, the self-shaming, the self-aggrandising?

Onward and Upward

Ranjit Lal

This celebration of Indian birds is a treasure chest that might even kick-start a lifelong passion in readers

Vivek Shanbhag: Family Matters

Nandini Nair

Vivek Shanbhag has written a finely-woven novel which tells of the machinations of work and money, prosperity and globalisation through the story of a family