Doppelganger
Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger explores identity, social media, conspiracy theories, political distortion, digital selves, and the unsettling mirror world of modern life.
Non-Fiction
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.
Why The Poor Don’t Kill Us
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 revolting against the rich or the system? This review looks at the book’s sharpest arguments, its dark humour, and the places where I disagreed with Joseph.
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Mother Mary Comes to Me is a memoir by one of India’s finest English writers, and it reflects on every page of the book.
The Many Lives of Syeda X
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, poverty, gender, and survival in India.
Kashmir in Conflict
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.
The Identity Project
The Identity Project is a meticulously researched book that examines the world’s largest data-gathering initiative, revealing its underlying objective of surveillance and control.
The Hanging of Afzal Guru
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.