Book Reviews

Doppelganger

Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger explores identity, social media, conspiracy theories, political distortion, digital selves, and the unsettling mirror world of modern life.

The Truth Pill

A deeply unsettling account of how profit, negligence, and regulatory failure can turn medicine into a weapon. The Truth Pill exposes what happens when human

Greek Lessons

Han Kang’s Greek Lessons is a quiet, unsettling novel about silence, language, loss, memory, and the fragile ways human beings try to reach one another.

Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending is a quiet, beautifully written novel about memory, remorse, ageing, friendship, and how we reshape the story of

Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us is Manu Joseph’s first non-fiction book, and it asks a disturbing question: why do India’s poor endure injustice without

Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me is a memoir about her mother Mary Roy, their complex relationship, Roy’s writing life, politics, memory, and becoming

Neha Dixit’s The Many Lives of Syeda X tells the story of an invisible woman worker whose life reveals the realities of migration, informal labour,

Heart Lamp

Heart Lamp is an emotional and evocative read. It is a portal that takes the readers into a world where we see it through the

पीली छतरी वाली लड़की, उदय प्रकाश जी के एक बेहतरीन किताब जो यूनिवर्सिटी के प्रेम के बारे मे और थोड़ा कुछ और है.

Masala Lab

Krish Ashok’s Masala Lab explains the science of Indian cooking, from spices, flavour, heat, and texture to food myths, kitchen techniques, and better cooking.

Victoria Schofield’s Kashmir in Conflict is a well-researched book on the history of Kashmir, accession, India-Pakistan tensions, militancy, and the roots of the Kashmir conflict.

Rahul Bhatia’s The Identity Project examines Hindu identity, citizenship, Aadhaar, CAA, Delhi 2020, surveillance, and the changing nature of Indian democracy.

The Hanging of Afzal Guru examines the Parliament attack case, Afzal Guru’s trial and execution, and the questions raised around due process, justice, and Kashmir.

Golwalkar

Dhirendra Jha crafts a detailed portrayal of Golwalkar by meticulously analyzing original primary sources, such as interviews, police records, and biographical documents.

The Marathas is an excellent book for understanding the genesis and evolution of the Maratha polity in the early modern era.

Alpa Shah’s The Incarcerations examines the Bhima Koregaon case, the BK-16, planted evidence, dissent, democracy, and the targeting of activists in India.

The Kaurs of 1984

First hand testimonies and experiences of the women victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, a dark chapter of Indian History.

The Patient Assassin

Anita Anand’s The Patient Assassin tells the story of Sardar Udham Singh, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Michael O’Dwyer, revenge, memory, and colonial injustice.

Ajaz Ashraf’s Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste examines the history of Bhima Koregaon, the 2018 violence, caste conflict, Elgar Parishad, and the BK16 arrests.

My Seditious Heart is a collection of essays by Arundhati Roy written over the past two decades. The essays are on wide variety of subjects

A fine book capturing the stories of nine extraordinary women athletes of India. It takes the readers through the trials and tribulations, success and failures,