BOOK EXCERPT
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This book studies gender in Bengal’s nationalist policies (and the evolution of the ‘bhadramahila’)
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‘Why do we submit? / to fracturing?’: A poetry anthology of South Asian women’s traumas
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A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
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How the UK-based newsletter ‘Shakti Khabar’ created ideas and communities among queer South Asians
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Fiction: Bibi carries the weight of untold stories and quiet resistance as she meets various men
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A new book recommends practical tips for mindfully using social media to live a calmer life
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This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy
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A new book on sustainability shows how the chemicals industry can achieve zero carbon emissions
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This book by a university clinic therapist explores causes of ‘suicidality’ among young Indians
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For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with
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Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India
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Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
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Writer Vauhini Vara examines how corporate-owned technologies influence her understanding of herself
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Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride
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For children: Poltu’s holiday takes an unexpected turn when a train full of ghosts pulls up
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Policy scholar Yamini Aiyar’s new book shows what it means to be a Delhi government school teacher
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Jeet Thayil’s new ‘documentary novel’: The restless lives of those shaped by separation across times
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A new book asks what made Japan Westernise rapidly during the Meiji era in the late 19th century
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Emergency history: The arrest of socialist leader George Fernandes, and those who defended him
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Fiction: Abandoned by everyone she has ever known, Monica rediscovers her first love, photography
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For very young readers: Three new picture books on the mysteries of human and animal nature
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In her new book, Wendy Doniger studies the role of animals in mythological stories and folk tales
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Short fiction: Young Aarav and his mother try to return to life after his father’s death
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Climate fiction for children: Gogol’s friends have to leave as forests are cleared to build houses
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From the biography: How freedom fighter MC Davar tried to prevent the partition of India
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Queer writings from South Asia: A woman feels at home in the bathroom, the devil’s abode
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For children: Four friends are on a camping trip in a grand amusement park, but something is fishy
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A new book examines the rise of the ‘alt-right’ in the US and its impact on the country’s politics
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Fiction: Will Sonali forget her bitter marriage and start afresh, or will she be happier on her own?
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A new self-help book recommends ways to step out of the comfort zone and take on new challenges
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This book illustrates how a robust cultural milieu in the 19th century modernised Calcutta
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‘The day begins with endings’: A new book of poetry about topography, time, and shifting identities
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A new book shows how cones made ice cream popular among customers in the 1900s despite health scares
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Management consultant Arun Maira studies the socioeconomic evolution of India’s ‘tryst with destiny’
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For children: Ever since his father went to the US, all Vincent’s mother says to his plans is ‘no’
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Fiction: A woman in self-imposed exile befriends the pregnant child-bride of a godman
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How Lal Jayawardena’s socialist reforms opened up the Sri Lankan economy in the mid-1970s
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Cook, clean, pray: An essay on what it means to be an ordinary working-class woman in Srinagar
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‘Frequently, heaven erupts’: A new book of poetry takes readers across 37 Indian cities
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A new book shows how energy companies are creating commercial nuclear power to tackle climate change
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This study of queer relationships examines why homosocial bonds are so widely accepted in India
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Translated fiction: A young man trained to be an engineer finds himself herding his family’s sheep
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A new guide to starting businesses suggests it is essential to network even at an advanced age
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From the memoir: When two mountaineers were forced to turn back only 900 metres from Everest summit
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Translated short fiction: Even after many years, Bhuyan cannot forget the love he felt for Mandira
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In a new book, a nutritionist explains why simply adding protein to the diet won’t make it ‘healthy’
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What is the scope of using AI for early detection of critical diseases in Indian public healthcare?
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Fiction: Spanning 30 years, this novel follows the lives of six friends during the Gorkhaland unrest
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Why Dilip Kumar was known as cinema’s ‘Tragedy King’
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For children: Everyone in the neighbourhood is suspicious in the eyes of two young detectives
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Asbestos in talcum, testing on prisoners: An account of Johnson & Johnson’s dangerous practices
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Romance: Aanya is ready for a fresh start in India, and she is captivated by a handsome young man
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A new self-help book shows how Stoic philosophy can be the key to navigating our modern world
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From the memoir: A former Army general recalls how soldiers opted to fight for India’s freedom
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‘I have seen time / Gathering in a contained space’: Gulzar writes to Rumi, Pancham, and friends
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In a new book of personal essays, a man reflects on the value of true friendship
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What were the early days of women’s cricket in India like (and how did the Railways team dominate)?
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Fiction: Benyamin’s new novel attempts a secular retelling of the life and times of Jesus Christ
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‘What remains / are the poems, the songs / that mortality sings’: Griffin Poetry Prize winning poems
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For children: Katli makes up new versions of herself while living on an island where nothing happens
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How independent Bangladesh introduced made-in-India one taka notes to end use of Pakistani currency
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Fiction: Yuvraaj is on the brink of great success but his wealthy father’s death disrupts everything
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A new book argues that startups should focus on culture and technology to make a mark on customers
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How Indira Gandhi’s nationalisation of banks enhanced the infrastructural power of the Indian state
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Translated fiction: A wave of nationalism sweeps over a languorous French colony in Kerala
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New picture books for children: An introduction to the Malayalam alphabet and Krishna in Indian art
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A new book examines caste privilege and how it has shaped – and limited – India after liberalisation
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‘In steps, in leaps’: Meera Ganapathi’s new book of prose-poems about the joys of walking in a city
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A new parenting book suggests ways to amicably break up fights between young siblings
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From the memoir: The story of climate scientist Jagadish Shukla, who modernised monsoon prediction
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This self-help book looks for ways to escape the ‘Daily Rut Rat-Race Bubble’ of life
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A new book recounts the formation of the Berlin Indian Independence Committee in 1914
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‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
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Fiction: Passion turns to peril when an untimely death threatens to implicate a policeman in murder
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This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India
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From the memoir: The long shadow of caste discrimination on Dalit writer Adhir Biswas as a schoolboy
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‘I am not scared / I am not alone’: A young girl and a temple elephant become friends
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Translated short fiction: A Konkani Christian cowherd wonders if he should convert to Hinduism
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Medical history: When a typhus epidemic killed thousands at the height of the Second World War
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Fiction: Ten-year-old Narois’s mother is preparing to leave, while her father struggles to adapt
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A new book suggests ways to build symbiotic relationships between humans and AI
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‘I want all people to be nothing else but Indians’: Shashi Tharoor on BR Ambedkar’s vision
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Fiction: Asha questions the meaning of home and self-determination against the backdrop of the Raj
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Fruits, hydration, blood sugar balance: This book offers tips by a nutritionist for healthy hair
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A new book sets out to trace the roots of modern languages back to one ancient tongue
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Fiction: The death of a young woman brings up a frenzy of questions and unlikely discoveries
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For children: Young detectives suspect something sinister when a woman is pronounced a ‘witch’
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From the memoir: Radiologist Sneh Bhargava writes about being the only woman director of AIIMS
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Fiction: Satya flees to India after Partition and risks her life to secretly rescue abducted women
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For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe
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A play shows how textile workers of Mumbai were written out of the history and mythology of the city
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Fiction: Two bodies wash ashore. Soon, a murder case considered solved years ago is open again
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Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
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Memoir: Writer Andaleeb Wajid on losing her husband and mother-in-law to Covid-19 in the same week
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Fiction: Harassed and bullied, Arvind finally finds an opportunity to avenge his humiliation
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From calming nerves to aiding good sleep: Why cashews are ‘super nuts’
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In a new book, the former ACP of Mumbai Police recalls how he arrested serial killer Charles Sobhraj
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Short stories from Nagaland: A young man’s maiden visit to a clothing showroom doesn’t go as planned
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A new book examines how Unilever used single-use plastic sachets to boost sales