This novel weaves together searing personal memories of the Partition and the anti-Sikh pogrom

Manreet Sodhi Someshwar’s novel ‘Radiance of a Thousand Suns’ imagines the outcomes of documenting trauma.

Gokul S Prabhu

· Oct 19, 2019 · 01:30 pm

‘Karmic Chanting’: Sonnet Mondal’s poetry uses rich metaphors and elegant anguish to depict a quest

These poems can be overwhelming for the senses, but they also take the reader on a rewarding journey.

Shikhandin

· Oct 06, 2019 · 06:42 pm

Beneath the veneer of a crime novel, ‘You Beneath Your Skin’ is a study of problematic relationships

In the fast-moving ‘You Beneath Your Skin’, Damyanti Biswas lays bare the world of misogyny and fraught relationships that informs a series of crimes.

Rituparna Roy

· Oct 05, 2019 · 12:30 pm

This book argues that democracy is inherently flawed and advocates a return to its predecessor

In ‘Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy’, Japanese philosopher Kōjin Karatani writes of the rule of equals versus the rule of the majority.

Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi

· Sep 29, 2019 · 07:30 am

For the first time in recent years, a novel set in Afghanistan talks about intimacy, not just war

Jamil Jan Kochai’s focus on this domesticity itself is an act of subversion, and that his family is not just full of tragedy and conflict is a delight.

Suhasini Patni

· Sep 28, 2019 · 08:30 am

William Dalrymple’s book masterfully chronicles an early instance of corporate power over governance

But the book underplays the role of the British government in the East India Company’s annexation of large tracts of India from the Mughals and others.

M Saad

· Sep 28, 2019 · 06:30 am

Vivek Tejuja’s memoir about growing up gay is a commentary on navigating same sex love in the 1990s

The breezy style masks a poignant story of exclusion and subsequent search for love.

Yash Raj Goswami

· Sep 22, 2019 · 11:30 am

In ‘Tawaifnama’ Saba Dewan tells a gripping multigenerational story of a culturally erased community

The book is harshly critical of the Bhatkhande reforms which disowned the tawaif community from its centuries-old inheritance.

Akshaj Awasthi

· Sep 22, 2019 · 08:30 am

This not-romance between a daughter and her mother is a sensitive study in relationships

Avni Doshi’s debut novel ‘Girl in White Cotton’ is notable for combining narrative depth with economic writing.

Esha Datanwala

· Sep 21, 2019 · 12:30 pm

This book retrieves the horrific memories of a massacre in Bengal from the dustbin of history

In 1979, the Left Front government’s attack on refugees in Marichjhapi led to hundreds of deaths. ‘Blood Island’ is the oral history of survivors.

Durba Chattaraj

· Sep 21, 2019 · 07:30 am

‘The Testaments’ examines how individuals make decisions about ethics in a totalitarian regime

Spoiler alert: This review contains plotlines and details from Margaret Atwood’s sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.

Susan Watkins, The Conversation

· Sep 15, 2019 · 03:30 pm

How are writing and mathematics related? This biography of the Weill siblings explores the links

Mathematician Karen Olsson traces the entwined lives of two siblings: Andre Weil, the great mathematician, and Simone Weil, the French philosopher.

Susan Haris

· Sep 15, 2019 · 11:30 am