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Books Jan.17.20

Stifling melody with morals

In the introduction to the book, Saba Dewan speaks of her 19-year-long search for the phenomenon of the tawaif
By S.D. Chaudhuri
Books Jan.17.20

Elton John: Fun and pain in a life of music

Elton John and Bernie Taupin not only do not perform together, they do not even work out of the same room, or the same house
By Samantak Das
Books Jan.10.20

The man who played with fire

Jan Stocklassa makes no bones about the fact that he is using Stieg Larsson’s name and analytical research to help solve Sweden’s most famous political assassination of Olof Palme in 1986
By Nayantara Mazumder
Books Jan.10.20

Different music of the hills

Against State, Against History: Freedom, Resistance, and Statelessness in Upland Northeast India is a welcome addition to the literature on historiography and the conceptualization of the State
By Rashi Bhargava
Books Jan.10.20

The Carpet Weaver: Love and art in a restless world

Nemat Sadat’s novel is “subversive” because it is a story of same-sex love, the first such to emerge from Afghanistan
By Bhaswati Chakravorty
Books Jan.4.20

Books for the new year

2020 is expected to see releases from several top-notch authors
By Shrestha Saha
Books Jan.3.20

The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Love

Andrew Lownie’s meticulously researched new biography, The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves, manages to shed new light on the partnership of Dickie and Edwina
By Argha Kr Banerjee
Books Jan.3.20

America has been trumped

A Warning by Anonymous (A Senior Trump Administration Official) is an insider's account of the Trump administration
By Uddalak Mukherjee
Books Dec.28.19

Read these, if you haven't already

From Autumn Light to Stranger Truth, some books that the writer enjoyed reading in 2019
By Sayantan Ghosh
Books Dec.27.19

Facts, dismal and enriching

From Good Economics to The Disobedient Indian, get a feel of the moment with our list of must-read books of 2019 (non-fiction)
By The Telegraph

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