book review
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‘Mad Sisters of Esi’: A fantasy that runs smoothly on a dynamic form, emotions, and opaque magic
Sahana Hegde
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Naomi Klein’s ‘Doppelganger’: How conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but the feelings right
Nick Haslam, The Conversation
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‘The Song of Distant Bulbuls’ is a tender ode to love and a woman’s right to decide for herself
Akankshya Abismruta
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‘Tall Tales by a Small Dog’: A mongrel’s observations on small-town India are funny, witty, visceral
Maaz Bin Bilal
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‘Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments’: We all get by with a little help from our friends
Sayari Debnath
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‘The Indians’: Historians tell the many histories of India with humanness and scholarly objectivity
Urmi Chanda
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‘The Fraud’: Zadie Smith’s new novel is a dazzling depiction of Victorian colonial England
Leighan M Renaud, The Conversation
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‘The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao’: A clever reimagination of the Ramayana that terrifies and evokes pity
Sayari Debnath
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‘Unspoken’: A fictionalised examination of the moral framework of what infidelity might mean
Diya Isha
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‘Didi’: A 1915 novel about widowhood and polygamy deftly portrays the tragedies of womanhood
Veeksha Vagmita
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Dalit poet Kalyani Thakur Charal’s poetry is her powerful call for affirmative action
Niyati Bhat
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‘The Parsi Theatre’ is an important addition to the sparse information available on the matter
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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‘The East Indian’: This novel about an Indian indentured labourer has more scale than depth
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘Salt & Pepper: Selected Poems’: Sukrita holds dialogues with silence through 40 years of poetry
Basudhara Roy
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‘Smoke and Ashes’: Amitav Ghosh’s story of how opium has contributed to creating today’s world
Rajat Chaudhuri
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‘History’s Angel’: Past and present collide to tell uncomfortable truths about Muslim lives in India
Sayari Debnath
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‘The Covenant of Water’: A delicate balance of faith and love, art and medicine, real and unreal
Saloni Sharma
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‘Fruits Of the Barren Tree’: An honest portrayal of the culture and politics of Gorkhaland Movement
Saloni Sharma
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‘One Small Voice’: This lyrical and poignant debut is a reminder of the consequences of polarisation
Saurabh Sharma
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‘A Lost People’s Archive’ sweeps a net over Bengal’s personal, political, and cultural histories
Saloni Sharma