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Best of 2020 Books: My Choice

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Sociologist and author

The Mystery of Paneer’s Presence
Madhavankutty Pillai

What’s it doing among what Google says people searched the most in 2020?

Iran of the Mind
Keerthik Sasidharan

The challenges of writing about a place in permanent flux

The Art of Repair
Fehmida Zakeer

A novel that echoes with loneliness, loss, longing, and unfulfilled promises

The Scarred Megapolis
Shashi Tharoor

The evolution of Delhi as a city of the unfortunates comes alive in this novel by a master storyteller

The Liberal Dilemma
Poulomi Chakrabarti

Is there something missing in how White progressives understand race?

The Virus and Democracy
Dipankar Gupta

How the East beat the West

Shooter to Runner
Zac O’Yeah

How to become a reformed gangster

Pakistan: Land Without Small Mercies?
Mehr Tarar

The social and emotional inequalities of Pakistan come out in small anecdotes

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1

Fraying at the Edges

Aditya Iyer

2

Indira Tiwari’s World

Kaveree Bamzai

3

The Empress Mystique

Ira Mukhoty

4

Picture Perfect

Geeta Doctor

5

ChatGPT Comes to the Classroom

Ullekh NP

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