book review
Purchasing power
An anthology of Indian short fiction explores the dynamics of prostitution.
Epsita Halder | Aug 19, 2016
Love in the time of development
Pankaj Sekhsaria’s new novel about the Andaman islands turns real life into compelling prose.
Madhusree Mukerjee | Apr 06, 2016
Dust to dust in Goa
How mining in Goa has destroyed the environment and community life.
Sunalini Kumar | Dec 09, 2015
The 13 men from Subalpur
Sonia Faleiro's book on the Birbhum gang rape is riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions.
Madhusree Mukerjee | Jul 10, 2015
Reframing the city
Awadhendra Sharan's 'In the City, Out of Place' might be the most important book on Delhi in recent times.
Sunalini Kumar | Jun 23, 2015
No saints or miracles
Perry Anderson’s ‘The Indian Ideology’ bores through the orthodoxies of Indian nationalist history.
Namit Arora | Jan 15, 2013
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