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Books Jul.19.19

Naxalite movement: Struggles still unforgotten

From Popular Movements to Rebellion presents itself as an authoritative companion to the Naxalite decade of the 1970s
By Sharmila Purkayastha
Books Jul.19.19

Are Muslims invisible citizens?

Of the many questions Salman Khurshid asks in his book the most important is this: why can’t India’s Hindus understand India’s Muslims? He tries to discuss this puzzle in 24 chapters
By TCA Srinivasa Raghavan
Books Jul.19.19

Gun Island: Falling short of magic

Narrative logic is lost in the need to present as many changes in nature as possible, and somewhere down the way Amitav Ghosh loses his touch for the uncanny
By Bhaswati Chakravorty
Books Jul.12.19

Skimming the surface of Dalit literature

Dalit Literature: Journey from Repression to Resistance presents a simplistic critique of the Dalit literature it examines, without going into nuances
By Madhura Damle
Books Jul.12.19

Consequences of human impact on our environment

At Nature’s Edge compels us to rethink the theoretical frames we’ve deployed to make sense of climate change on the one hand and conservation practices on the other
By Madhumita Mazumdar
Books Jul.11.19

Gandhi: A man for all times

In his book Gandhi After 9/11, Douglas Allen makes the political Gandhi recede in order to accommodate a Gandhi who is, among other things, a philosopher, a socialist and a Vedantist
By Uddalak Mukherjee
Books Jul.11.19

A Secret History of Compassion is caught in a maze of tricks

Paul Zacharia's first novel is not a good attempt as it is engrossed in a loquacious advertisement of techniques celebrated in creative writing schools
By Sumit Chakrabarti
Books Jul.11.19

Book review: Challenges of Governance

B K Chaturvedi’s memoir is definitely not a kiss-and-tell-all book. That only raises its credibility because he busies himself with issues rather than personalities and grievances
By TCA Srinivasa Raghavan
Books Jul.9.19

Lessons on Tagore and Naga tribes, a pot-boiling thriller and an old friend

On this week’s Telegraph book reading list
By Shrestha Saha
Books Jul.5.19

Twelve great political thinkers and what’s wrong with each of them

Ferdinand Mount's book Prime Movers: From Pericles to Gandhi shows contradictions in the views of these thinkers
By Manoj Kumar Panda

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