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Reflections: Henri Matisse’s oil, ‘Woman before an Aquarium’.

She’s leaving home: Review of Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Whereabouts’

Anusua Mukherjee Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest is a sharp, unapologetic novel, which makes no attempt to please

‘Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India’ review: A sense of disillusionment

Soma Basu Ghazala Wahab explains what it is to be a Muslim, a member of the largest religious minority in India today, and why the community lives in fear as prejudices persist

Setting them free: Review of ‘A Red-necked Green Bird’ by Ambai, trs G.J.V. Prasad

Deepa Ganesh Psychologically candid stories that capture the uncertainties of the mind

Ecofiction When the sky poured acid: Review of ‘How Beautiful We Were’ by Imbolo Mbue

Sudhirendar Sharma

Both a powerful polemic and a nuanced exploration of human nature

‘Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy’ review: Ways and means to navigate a democratic and social polity

A historian attempts to re-brand the RSS by foregrounding its humanitarian work while ring-fencing it from links with sectarian violence

‘The Forts of Rajasthan’ review: Sonar Kella and other forts

Indrani Dutta A virtual tour of famous Rajasthan citadels and their back stories

Dream about me: Review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun’

Jaideep Unudurti In this centenary year of the invention of the term ‘robot,’ Kazuo Ishiguro presents in his latest novel an Artificial Friend, created to provide companionship to a possible race of forsaken humans

Hopeless in hovels: Janhavi Acharekar reviews Lindsay Pereira’s ‘Gods and Ends’

Janhavi Acharekar With an insider’s familiarity, Lindsay Pereira presents brutally honest vignettes of Mumbai’s Roman Catholic community

Toil A Chinese tea plantation with workers carrying and firing the tea. Engraving by A. Willmore, c. 1840. Wiki Commons

focus Reviews of ‘Beyond Pan-Asianism: Connecting China and India, 1840s-1960s’, and ‘Tea-War: A History of Capitalism in China and India’: India’s forgotten China links

travel ‘Buddha in Gandhara’ review: Journeys on the Silk Road

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‘The Paradoxical Prime Minister — Narendra Modi and His India’ review: The face behind the mask

‘The Escapists of J. Mullick Road’: The protagonists build a house and battle their demons

Psychological Realism Books

‘Convenience Store Woman’: Metaphor for modern society

‘The Women’s Courtyard’: About the human costs of patriarchy

‘The Call of the Wild’ by Jack London

‘Patna Blues’: A tale of hope, failure and perseverance

‘The Wounded Muse’: An old ‘China Hand’ interprets the country

This Old China Hand brings alive the Beijing of the 2008 Games

Small is beautiful

The poet articulates the profundity of the simplest moments through Haiku in Ashithayude Haiku Kavithakal

‘Identity — Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition’ and ‘Mistaken Identity — Race and Class in the Age of Trump’ reviews: Moving beyond identity politics

Two writers on the perils of the modern world and why we need a movement that demands freedom for everyone

‘No Spin’ review: King of spin

Shane Warne, who had the cricket world at his feet, on his life, flaws and all

‘The Re-Origin of Species — A Second Chance for Extinct Animals’ review: Resurrection road

Meeting scientists bringing extinct animals back from the dead

‘Indian Nuclear Policy’ review: Power and responsibility

An overview of the N-programme from the days of Nehru

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ review — Visually extravagant but gratuitous

The second of the Fantastic Beasts series is heavy on the head but easy on the eye

The PRAKRIT universe

S. Settar’s many-faceted book, Prakruta Jagadvalaya, contributes to our ‘cultural self-apprehension’ by emphasising and documenting the pivotal role played by Prakrit, as a unifying written language across regions before Sanskrit assumed that role

‘Kama: The Riddle of Desire’ review: Memoir of passion

Using memory as a device to summon the many forms of desire that play upon the mind

‘The Case for Reason’ review: Religion and rationality

The work of an activist, who was killed for his fight against social evils, is made available to a wider audience

‘Because He Is’ review: A daughter recalls

An affectionate, but incomplete, ode to poet-filmmaker Gulzar

‘As the World Ages — Rethinking a Demographic Crisis’ review: Learning from ageing

On a new approach to understanding the elderly

‘These Were My Homes: Collected Poems by Vijay Nambisan’: A poet for all times

Rediscovering the fierceness and fury in Vijay Nambisan’s poetry

‘The Runaways’ by Fatima Bhutto: She has the ear for the slightest details of the human condition

It is clear that the author loves her characters and this flawed world of ours passionately

‘Shillong Times: A Story of Friendship and Fear’ by Nilanjan P. Choudhury: about ethnic faultlines

About ethnic faultlines, but also about how kindness heals divides

‘The Kipling File’: Fictional insights into Kipling’s life

Kakar’s psychological revelations are hardly earth-shattering

‘Notes from Underground’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky

In the late 1840s, Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky became a part of the Petrashevsky Circle, a group of radically-inclined intellectuals who spoke

A story of questions and answers

An inquisitive family and their cats make the narrative of ‘Pathinalamante Varavu’

Stories women tell

Sangeetha Sreenivasan’s Salabham Pookkal Aeroplane weaves fantasies and creates new narratives through its two female protagonists

Beloved Delhi — A Mughal City and Her Greatest Poets review: The city of verse

Eight poets of the past capture Delhi’s joys and sorrows

India Ahead — 2025 and Beyond review: Prescription for growth

A former RBI Governor on what is holding India back

Propaganda Blitz: How the Corporate Media Distort Reality review: Fake news and lies

Two writers argue that several major media bodies systematically select what they tell us to serve corporate and governmental interests

Nightmarch: A journey into India’s Naxal Heartlands review: The people of a movement

An anthropologist examines what drove the marginalised towards Naxalism, while recognising the ideology’s weaknesses and dangers

The Twice-Born — Life and Death on the Ganges review: Against the flow

A writer, sure of himself elsewhere, stumbles in Benares

Thanjavur’s Gilded Gods: South Indian Paintings in the Kuldip Singh Collection review: A rich inheritance

With material on all aspects of Thanjavur paintings, from design, colours, the use of gold leaf to conservation, this collection is a treasure

Is this Azaadi? review: Lived realities

A moving document of Dalit struggles in rural Bihar

'On Jim Corbett’s Trail and Other Tales from the Jungle' review: Call of the wild

A naturalist ventures into the forests to capture the reality of nature, which can be terrifying, magical, static and cinematic

‘Swerving to Solitude: Letters to Mama’ by Keki N. Daruwalla: History and fiction come together

This engaging novel mostly traces the story of the Left in India

‘The Rabbit and the Squirrel’ review: The lovely illustrations and the touching story make this a treat

With talking animals, this is a fable for grown-ups

‘The Bride’s Mirror’ by Nazir Ahmad trs G.E. Ward: A novel about women’s virtue rewarded

This classic is outdated but has historical relevance

Another historical for Kannada

Chandrashekhar Kambar’s new historical play, Mahmoud Gawan, based on the life of the merchant who arrived in Bidar and later became the Prime Minister of the Bahmani Sultanate, will be released on Sunday

‘Killing Commendatore’ by Haruki Murakami: Submerge yourself in this alternate reality

‘The Great Gatsby’ meets Japanese art to create the augmented reality that is signature Murakami

‘French Exit’ by Patrick deWitt: A comedy of bad manners

Definitely à la mode, but rather disappointing coming from a Booker shortlisted author

A desire to be heard

A young woman’s intense desire to sing aloud the Islamic summons to prayer or Adhan, or Vaanku as it is called in Malayalam, is what the title of this

What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape review: Without her consent

A #MeToo story, told with grace, compassion and courage

The Jobs Crisis in India review: Labour market

A survey of the extent of the jobs problem in India

The Barcelona Legacy — Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football’s Soul review: Clash of ideas

Johan Cruyff’s idealism or hard tactics, two top English Premier League coaches bring past knowledge into their present game

Interrogating My Chandal Life review: Everyman on the margins

Manoranjan Byapari’s powerful, affecting memoir is about hunger and deprivation, and also endurance, struggle and a fierce will to live

Gandhi — The Years that Changed the World 1914-1948 review: A man and his mission

Through Gandhi’s life, a reminder that we have forgotten the value of religious pluralism and the virtues of non-violence

Shahryar — A Life in Poetry review: Dream merchant

Why a flag-bearer of modern Urdu poetry chose to be moderate

How India Manages its National Security review: Defending India

An insider on our national security system, which is constantly evolving, often through trial, error and innovation

Ten Ideologies — The Great Asymmetry between Agrarianism and Industrialism review: Cracks in the system

A politician tries to rekindle interest in ideologies

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