Book Reviews

The book tells the fascinating stories that drove India’s pursuit of space technologies

The book ‘Mathura: A Tapestry of Art and Devotion’ gives a whirlwind tour of the various aspects of the land of his birth and growing up

The book is a passionate tribute to Kashmir and its people

It is a compilation of stories gathered from across India over a four-year period

The book acquaints the reader with 51 forms of the goddess

The book examines the Constitution’s approach to power; more specifically, to the exercise of power in India’s federal structure of governance

Ghee Bowman’s ‘The Great Epinal Escape’ tells an untold story from World War-II

L Subramaniam and Viji Subramaniam’s revised ‘Classical Music of India: A Practical Guide’ offers a deeper understanding of the North and South Indian forms

‘I Am on the Hit List’ by Rollo Romig is a detailed investigative analysis of the mystery surrounding the brutal assassination of journalist Gauri Lankesh

In ‘Epidemic Narratives’, Dilip Das leaves us with a realisation that epidemics, like myths, never truly die. They linger in our collective memory

Jagtar Singh’s ‘Sikh Struggle Documents: 1920-2022’ is instructive and necessary

Pankaj Mishra exposes how the killing of six lakh Jews by Hitler turned into an industry and then a matter of faith

The novel isn’t an easy read and can be unsettling like the jerks and whistles of a moving train

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The present volume, edited by Atamjit and Harbhajan Singh Bhatia, introduces to readers of English selected texts of Punjabi literature

This is a massive work, and one that will encourage readers to read more Indian fiction, more translations

The author traces the history of the practice that dates back millenniums and the complex science behind the jaw-dropping biological changes that occur inside the body when we fast