Marginlands
Arati Kumar-Rao’s Marginlands takes readers through India’s vanishing landscapes, showing how climate change, development, and ecological neglect affect ordinary people.
Book Review
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar follows Esther Greenwood, a promising young woman whose life slowly gives way to alienation, depression, and a crisis of identity.
India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
Audrey Truschke’s India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent offers a broad overview of Indian history, political myths, social reform, caste, women, and historical debates.
India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent Read More »
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 is a book that examines the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the USA, highlighting colonialism, displacement, and the struggle to preserve identity.
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.