Book Reviews

The backdrop of these stories is the pre-reforms era

The book highlights the destructive dimension of modern life most comprehensively and admirably

The book shows that the true story of belonging can only be written in conversation with ghosts, not nation-states

The book risks portraying Benjamin as an innocuous ‘man of letters’

This book is a reminder that the Himalayas are not only geography but also philosophy, and that a pilgrimage is meaningful not because it is easy but because it is transformative

The book reveals to us the myriad ways in which women have dealt with unequal situations

Can we record their stories as easily as we drape their saris or wear their jewellery? Madhu Bhaduri’s book seeks answers

Women characters contribute to the book’s exploration of gender and power

Each poem in the collection is reflective of his aesthetic sensibilities, evocative of changing moods and sometimes, just describing ordinary people going about their ordinary work

The book reminds us that the fragile safety of the privileged is not built on justice but on compromise

The book is an invaluable compilation of the thoughts of a remarkable musician who, to this day, continues to influence the musicality of instrumentalists

The recipes are simple and easy to follow

When you protect tigers, you protect the entire habitat, down to the smallest insect, he writes in his last book

A novella about growing up in a sort of void

The book attempts to reconstruct Babur’s life through wars and conquests

In this witty, breezy whodunit told from the perspective of women, men walk in and out, playing small supporting characters

One must compliment the work put in by the author in dredging historical facts from all kinds of myths and racial misgivings that have since come to surround old poets, especially from the Mughal period

A joyful and thought-provoking read

The book resurrects the titanic 18th century endeavour to catalogue all creation, a quest that was as much about personal glory and philosophical conviction as it was about science