Maggots, Murder, and Men
Maggots, Murder, and Men by Zakaria Erzinclioglu, exploring forensic entomology, real crimes, and the science of insects.
Book Reviews
Faith and Fury
Jyoti Yadav’s Faith and Fury documents the human cost of Covid in India’s villages and small towns, focusing on migrant workers, rural distress, state failure, and lives left out of the national narrative.
Forensics
Forensics – What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid is a fascinating exploration of the science behind criminal investigations.
The Inconvenient Indian
Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian examines Indigenous history in North America through colonialism, land dispossession, treaties, identity, and popular culture.
The Making of Canada
A concise and engaging review of The Making of Canada by Greg Koabel, tracing the country’s formation from early European exploration to Confederation through the lives of the individuals who shaped its history.
Somanatha – The Many Voices of History
Romila Thapar’s Somanatha – The Many Voices of History dismantles the popular myths surrounding the Somnath temple, showing how medieval chronicles, colonial historians, and modern narratives have shaped its story. A deeply researched work, the book reveals multiple perspectives, from Turko-Persian accounts of Mahmud of Ghazni’s raid to Sanskrit inscriptions and Jain texts, offering readers a nuanced view of history beyond simplistic binaries of conqueror and victim.”
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian by Han Kang—an unsettling novel about patriarchy, silence, and the cost of saying no.
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
Anita Anand’s Sophia tells the remarkable story of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh, and her journey from royal exile to suffragette activism.
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 lives become collateral damage.