Book Reviews

Christopher Snedden’s Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris is a detailed political-history book that helps readers understand Kashmir, its people, borders, conflict, and disputed regions.

Behold, I Shine

Freny Manecksha’s Behold, I Shine captures how conflict and militarization in Kashmir have affected women, children, families, public spaces, and everyday life.

The Last Heroes

The Last Heroes is a fine book by P.Sainath capturing the lives of foot soldiers of Indian Freedom Struggle. A wonderful amalgamation of history, biography

Tuesdays with Morrie is a simple and insightful read providing words of wisdom by Morrie to his student.

Ambedkar

Ambedkar : Towards an Enlightened India is a must read for everyone who wants to know and read about Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.

The Dirty War In Kashmir is a good read to understand how things are shaping up in Kashmir in the last few years and the

Sophie’s World

A very well written novel about the history of philosophy and philosophers

A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes a an emotional and moving farewell by the author to his parents.

The Tyranny of Merit

The Tyranny of Merit is a must read for everyone to understand what constitute merit and is the system of meritocracy actually fair and promote

Make Your Bed

A good to read book for everyone and especially for children. Its all about developing constructive habits and the early the child can inculcate the

Kashmir – Exposing the Myth Behind the Narrative is a must-read for anyone who is interested to know more about Kashmir and its history.

Small Things Like These A great read - short, precise, and impactful. Do read if you like short novels.

An interesting book by Peggy Mohan about the history of India through the story of its languages

Yashica Dutt’s Coming Out as Dalit is a personal and political memoir about caste, shame, identity, and what it means to stop hiding one’s Dalit

Story about the life of a farmer Ramrao over the past few years capturing the challenges and hardships faced by him.

A Back to School – A Useful Guide to Navigate Through the Pandemic is a great book, which every parent and teacher should read and

The Nellie Massacre of 1983 is an attempt to search for clues from the narratives of attackers and survivors of the incident, which are fragmented

The Nutmeg's Curse is about the ecological crisis that we are facing as a result of our overdependence on natural resources.

A brilliant portrayal of the lives of Malayali people living in Delhi,, through the many historical changes that Delhi witnessed.

Farah Bashir’s Rumours of Spring is a moving memoir of growing up in Kashmir during the 1990s, capturing fear, memory, conflict, family life, and everyday

Authorised biography of Kanu Sanyal. The Naxal leader of the tribal and peasant uprising of Naxalbari in West Bengal