The Good Fight

Surveyors with a Spyglass

Three collections of poetry tell of time and transitions, ancient cities and kingdoms

Remade in Urdu

When thrillers are adapted with local flavour

BR Ambedkar: A Monumental Life

Ashok Gopal traces the exceptional journey of Ambedkar becoming Babasaheb

Rescuing the First BJP PM

From the unwarranted appropriation of those who just want to hate Modi

Editor’s Note

Darjeeling Express

A cautionary tale of a failed movement and the effects of violence on a community

Maid in Singapore

Balli Kaur Jaswal explores the complex web of relations between the country’s elite and its domestic help in her new novel

Ladies’ Detective Agencies

Thrillers that pack emotional drama with larger political and social issues

The Force Within

This book on governance is more descriptive than prescriptive