Book Review

From Remember This House to Shaheen Bagh: I Am Not Your Negro and the Global Struggle Over Identity

James Baldwin's I Am Not Your Negro is more than a book about race in America. This review explores how its reflections on identity, memory and representation resonate with Indian Muslims, Shaheen Bagh and contemporary debates on democracy

Policing the Republic: Rethinking Power, Policing and Democracy

More than a memoir, Policing the Republic sees former Intelligence Bureau Special Director Yashovardhan Azad examine policing, governance and democratic institutions, offering an insider's perspective on why meaningful police reform remains central to strengthening India's Republic

From Automated Lampposts to 9/11: The Unfiltered Travelogue of a Globetrotting Indian

Sundeep Bhutoria's My Life My Travels is an engaging travelogue that goes beyond sightseeing, weaving together humour, cultural encounters, vegetarian struggles, historic moments like 9/11 and a deepening appreciation for India's global legacy.

The Politics of Memory and Desire in Nalin Verma’s Sacred Unions and Other Stories

In Sacred Unions and Other Stories, Nalin Verma crafts unforgettable tales of love, memory, faith, and rural transformation, turning ordinary lives of Purvanchal into emotionally resonant literary experiences

Not Just a Daughter’s Story: Arundhati Roy’s Memoir Is India’s Mirror

I smiled. Particularly looking at the deliberately chosen cover. She could have picked anything, but— a bidi-smoking Arundhati...
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A Book About Loss: The loss Of Power, Hope And Love

Author Anees Salim writes with assured fluency and considerable imagination. It's like listening to Indian classical music when you read his work. He is...

Pakistanis belief in Ghazwa-e-Hind, can’t let India-Pakistan relation improve, claims former governor and BJP leader in a book

Kolkata: When I was in China, among the many things, one major, I noticed was that many people from Japan were doing business with...

The Warrior Widows: The author feels that God Almighty handpicks exceptional girls to be Army wives

Ambreen Zaidi's book 'The Warrior Widows' documents the real-life stories of valiant wives of Indian soldiers - The Veer Naris as they are generally...

New book offers blueprint for systems change in a deeply divided world 

As the world battles to shake off Covid-19, it appears increasingly stuck; inequality has widened, climate breakdown is accelerating, and many are suggesting that we may have missed...

A work of fiction that combines a murder mystery with ideas and characters taken from Hindu mythology

If you want a work of fiction that combines a murder mystery with ideas and characters taken from Hindu mythology, then Mayank Mahajan’s Balan...

Khwabnama relies on the shared experience of people to tell its own

Khwabnama by Akhtaruzzaman Elias, translated by Arunava Sinha is a beautiful mosaic of magical realism, lyrical poetry and prose that captures the politics of majoritarianism...
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