Book Name: Life Among The Scorpions Author: Jaya Jaitley Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: An Indian politician looks back at her journey and recounts how the going got tougher with her every success, perhaps because she was a woman. Life…
Book Name: Devi The Goddesses Of India Editors: John Stratton Hawley and Donna Marie Wulff Publisher: Aleph Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism ‘God’…
Book Name: The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told Selected and Translated by Muhammad Umar Menon Publisher: Aleph Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: Selected and translated by writer, editor and translator par excellence Muhammad Umar Memon, the twenty-five stories in this book represent the…
Book Name: Murder In Paharganj Author: Kulpreet Yadav Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Rating: 2.5/5 Book Blurb: On a cold December morning, a white woman is found murdered in a cheap hotel in Paharganj, New Delhi. Vicks Menon, an out-of-work journalist, is tipped…
Book Name: I am HIV Positive, So What? Author: Jayanta Kalita Publisher: Bloomsbury Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Until December 15, 2007, Khundrakpam Pradipkumar Singh was nobody. The very next day he was known across his state as ‘Mr Manipur’. Pradip’s incredible story…
Book Name: No Mud, No Lotus Author: Thich Nhat Hanh Publisher: Aleph Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: In this extraordinary book, one of the world’s most renowned Zen Buddhist masters teaches us how to find happiness by getting past suffering. He…
Book Name: Curried Cultures Authors: Krishnendu Ray, Tulasi Srinivas Publisher: Aleph Rating: 4.7/5 Book Blurb: Indian food is one of the world’s most popular cuisines. Even as it has transformed the contemporary urban foodscape in this age of globalization, social scientists have…
Book Name: On India Author: Khushwant Singh Editor: Mala Dayal Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Khushwant Singh was convinced that India is a great country. He believed that we are the world’s largest democracy and our people, including women, enjoy a measure…
Book Name: Politicshock: Trump, Modi, Brexit and the Prospect for Liberal Democracy Author: Meghnad Desai Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Recent events around the world have shaken old certainties. Questions are being asked about the survival of the Liberal Order,…
Book Name: 50 Cups of Coffee: The Woes and Throes of Finding Mr Right Author: Khushnuma Daruwala Publisher: Penguin Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: A rip-roaring and charming account of dating in India. Dating is an undeniably daunting task, especially when you…
Book Name: Durand’s Curse: A Line Across the Pathan Heart Author: Rajeev Dogra Publisher: Rupa Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Blood and fire have often blighted Afghanistan, the three Anglo-Afghan wars being among the bloodiest and the cruelest in its history. But Britain’s…
Book Name: The Life of Hinduism Editors: John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan Publisher: Aleph Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays—many recognized as classics in the field—that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly ‘lived’…