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Maps and Mavericks

Shail Desai

A well-rounded and engaging summary of how Imperial Russia and Great Britain tussled over Central Asia

Capital Saga

Deepa Anappara’s debut novel, set in a slum in metropolitan India, has the pace of a thriller and the heart of a children’s tale

The Colony Writes Back

A magisterial rejoinder to the empire and its apologists

Poets and Proselytisers

The cliques, clans and defining moments of the 13th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival

Family Ways

Dharini Bhaskar’s debut novel is a lyrical exploration of relationships

The Sword of Nehru

Are we still paying for the sins of the first secular, socialist Prime Minister?

Books and Biryani by the Beach

A carnival of politics and literature with a Malayali accent

Points of Inflection

A magisterial survey of India’s volatile growth story

Magic Realist

Keshava Guha’s first novel is powered by Potternama

City of Contrasts

Creating Kabul from the constellation of powerful stories it holds within

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