Review

This second compilation of dastangoi, a performative tradition revived by Mahmood Farooqui, includes one dastan from the Hamza cycle and nine very successful dastans including the Dastan-e-Chouboli and Dastan-e-Sedition read more

Sahitya Akademi Award Winner Vinod Kumar Shukla’s only collection of short fiction captures our reactions to the mundane read more

The nine case studies in this book range from the forests of the Western Ghats to the western Himalayas and take in forests and wetlands to look at the challenges facing conservation today read more

Doodles on Leadership by R Gopalakrishnan is an innovative contribution to Indian management literature read more

In Antigod’s Own Country, AV Sakthidharan uses the motif of Onam and the many myths surrounding it to sketch the cultural and spiritual roots of festivals, deities and faiths, and underline how Brahmanical traditions may have co-opted them read more

While deceptively simple, the companion novellas Bhaunri and Daura are rich in imagery and lyrical prose read more

Aneesh Pradhan’s book analyses music policy, the overseas performance network, and corporate patronage, among other critical matters, and goes beyond conventional writing on Hindustani classical music read more

The basic premise of 18 randomly arranged essays in this book is to reinforce the idea of the university as a crucible of academic freedom where researchers pool together their creative faculties to help society towards a greater common good. read more

Sunita Aron questions the ethics of forming coalitions, when arch enemies join hands only to be able to form governments, or declared ideologies are compromised to be able to win more seats read more

Lee Child’s latest book, Blue Moon, like all his Jack Reacher books, is more than mere revenge fantasy read more

The essays are older — primarily from the mid-1990s — for publications such as Smithsonian’s Air & Space Magazine and Outside magazine, but “Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk” is very Jon Krakauer. read more

The essays are older — primarily from the mid-1990s — for publications such as Smithsonian’s Air & Space Magazine and Outside magazine, but “Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk” is very Jon Krakauer. read more

The Steel Frame is an addition to the extensive body of literature on the Indian Administrative Service read more

Business of Taste highlights high-nutrition foods that have fallen out of traditional diets at calamitous cost read more

Freedom fighter, member of a militia, spy, and finally a Buddhist nun, Freda Bedi’s biography details her extraordinary life read more