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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

Mirror on a people- The Telegraph

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100 Indian Stories: A Feast of Remarkable Short Fiction from the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries Edited by A. J. Thomas

100 Indian Stories: A Feast of Remarkable Short Fiction from the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries- Open Magazine

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The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community by Nirmala Lakshman

Nirmala Lakshman: “We definitely are more accepting of people from outside”- Hindustan Times

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Swallowing the Sun: A Novel by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri

Review: ‘Swallowing The Sun’ by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri- Hindustan Times

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

Karan Madhok’s ‘Ananda…’ Explores India’s Deep Relationship With Cannabis, From Bhang To Drug Trade- ABP Live

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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

Gujarati: A Journey Through History, Culture, Billionaires & Cricket | Salil Tripathi | Kem Cho?- Cyrus Says

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100 Indian Stories: A Feast of Remarkable Short Fiction from the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries Edited by A. J. Thomas

A Rewarding Anthology- Dumani Mail

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The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community by Nirmala Lakshman

Can’t contain Tamil identity under one umbrella: Nirmala Lakshman- Mathrubhumi.com

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

India has so much cannabis, yet profits so little from it, says new book exploring country’s relationship with drugs- Hindustan Times

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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

The Gujaratis – Portrait of a Community with Salil Tripathi- anuradhasays

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Fallen City: A Double Murder, Political Insanity, and Delhi’s Descent from Grace by Sudeep Chakravarti

Crime That Changed Delhi Forever | The Crimes of Ranga-Billa- Amazon Books India

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

Exploring India’s Complicated Relationship With Cannabis- The Wire

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

Cannabis Expert: How Cannabis Impacts Your Brain and Health | Dostcast w/ Author Karan Madhok- Dostcast

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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

Gujaratis are known for their entrepreneurial spirit, and their love of business and the profitable deal- Money Control

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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

‘Ame Evaj Chhiye’: We Are Like This Only- The Wire

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100 Indian Stories: A Feast of Remarkable Short Fiction from the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries Edited by A. J. Thomas

Read of the Week (Feb 2 to Feb 8)- Deccan Herald

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India: A Linguistic Civilization by G. N. Devy

Tales from the tide country- Frontline

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

On Cannabis & Bliss w/ Karan Madhok- The Subjective Space Podcast

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The Assamese: A Portrait of a Community by Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Encyclopaedic in scope and epic in range, The Assamese: A Portrait of a Community is full of details about Axom’s origins and the mind-boggling pluralities of its history, society, art,…

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

Through this lively and nuanced account, “Ananda” challenges preconceptions and inspires informed discussion about cannabis’s place in India’s past, present, and future- Storizen

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

In-depth Study of Cannabis- Dumani Mail

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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

Understanding the Gujaratis- Dumani Mail

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Will India Get Rich Before It Turns 100?: A Reality Check by Prosenjit Datta

India in 2047- Dumani Mail

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The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community by Nirmala Lakshman

Book Review | The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community by Nirmala Lakshman- Money Control

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Middle Class India Driving Change in the 21st Century by Manisha Pande

Manisha Pande’s book reveals middle class India as a driver of change- Business Standard

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The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community by Nirmala Lakshman

Genre-bender: review of The Tamils — A Portrait of a Community by Nirmala Lakshman- The Hindu

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Unlocking Wealth: Secrets to Getting Rich at Any Age by Rohit Sarin

A book for budding investors as well as High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs), Unlocking Wealth demystifies the process of wealth creation- Money Control

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Will India Get Rich Before It Turns 100?: A Reality Check by Prosenjit Datta

Prosenjit Datta’s book highlights facts about India’s development goals- Business Standard

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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

Meet the Gujarati women writers who wrote innovative fiction, memoirs, and poetry- Scroll.in

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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

‘Bijness is bijness’: Book excerpt from Salil Tripathi’s ‘The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community’- Financial Express

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The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community by Salil Tripathi

Book Extract: The story of the Cosy Twosome- National Herald

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The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told Selected and translated by A. J. Thomas

In Conversation with Dr A J Thomas and Ashutosh Potdar- The Bangalore Review

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The Greatest Kashmiri Stories Ever Told by Neerja Mattoo

Excerpt: The Greatest Kashmiri Stories Ever Told- The Bangalore Review

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The Greatest Assamese Stories Ever Told by Mitra Phukan

Excerpt: The Greatest Assamese Stories Ever Told- The Bangalore Review

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Middle Class India Driving Change in the 21st Century by Manisha Pande

Book Review: ‘Middle Class India’ by Manisha Pande- Storizen

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Being the Other: The Muslim in India by Saeed Naqvi

Book Review – Being the Other: The Muslim in India- Kashmir Times

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The Big Book of Indian Art: An Illustrated History of Indian Art from Its Origins to the Present Day by Bina Sarkar Ellias

Exploring the treasures of India arts is a treat with this guide- Governance Now

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The Big Book of Indian Art: An Illustrated History of Indian Art from Its Origins to the Present Day by Bina Sarkar Ellias

‘The Big Book of Indian Art’ — an encyclopaedic look at more than 300 Indian artists- The Hindu

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Fallen City: A Double Murder, Political Insanity, and Delhi’s Descent from Grace by Sudeep Chakravarti

Geeta and Sanjay Chopra Kidnapping & Ranga Billa Case पर Sudeep Chakravarti की Fallen City | EP 1056- Sahitya Tak

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

Words Worth: Flying first class with Sheelavathi- The Financial Express

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Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok

Cannabis: A cultural gift- Frontline

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Middle Class India Driving Change in the 21st Century by Manisha Pande

Identity, consumerism and the Indian middle class- HTSmartcast

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A Little Lost Elephant by Stephen Alter

Book Review: ‘A Little Lost Elephant’ by Stephen Alter- Storizen

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How Prime Ministers Decide by Neerja Chowdhury

From Indira’s ‘pro-Hindu’ turn to Modi’s ‘new phase’- The New Indian Express

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor, the wordmeister at work- The Hindu Businessline

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The Third Eye of Indian Art: Aesthetics as Vedanta by Harsha V. Dehejia

‘The Third Eye of Indian Art’ by Harsha V Dehejia: How to critique Indian art- The Tribune- Review

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City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar by Sadaf Wani

A storehouse of stories: Kashmiris on Kashmir- Hindustan Times

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Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries by Sumana Roy

Reclaiming our archives- India Today

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The Lion and the Lily: The Rise and Fall of Awadh by Ira Mukhoty

Were Nawabs of Oudh effete or visionary?- Deccan Chronicle

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India: A Linguistic Civilization by G. N. Devy

GN Devy’s book questions common assumptions about India’s languages- Business Standard

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Indian Millennials: Who Are They, Really? by A. M. Gautam

Modern or merely muddled? Deccan Herald

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The Peacemakers by Ghazala Wahab

A journalist’s harrowing account of 1984 anti-Sikh massacre that ‘haunts’ him even today- Times of India

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The Lion and the Lily: The Rise and Fall of Awadh by Ira Mukhoty

New light on Awadh- The Telegraph

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Fallen City: A Double Murder, Political Insanity, and Delhi’s Descent from Grace by Sudeep Chakravarti

Sudeep Chakravarti’s ‘Fallen City’ details 1978 Delhi double murder of Chopra siblings- The Print

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India: A Linguistic Civilization by G. N. Devy

On the fear of decline of our languages – major and minor- Governance Now

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India: A Linguistic Civilization by G. N. Devy

Future languages will be less ‘auditory’ and more ‘pictorial’: G N Devy- DownToEarth

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor on the ABC of diplo-speak- Times of India

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Book Review | Grasping the ineffable magic of words!- The Asian Age

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Indian Millennials: Who Are They, Really? by A. M. Gautam

Voices of a Generation: An Interview with A.M. Gautam on INDIAN MILLENNIALS- The Chakkar

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India: A Linguistic Civilization by G. N. Devy

From GN Devy’s new book: How Adivasis have become activists to tackle the neglect of their languages- Scroll.in

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Unlocking Wealth: Secrets to Getting Rich at Any Age by Rohit Sarin

Unlocking Wealth: Secrets to Getting Rich at Any Age- The Hindu Business Line

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City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar by Sadaf Wani

Srinagar’s Critical Biography: In Conversation With Sadaf Wani- Kashmir Observer

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City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar by Sadaf Wani

Love in the time of conflict- The Hindu

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Whether you’re seasoned wordsmith or a casual reader curious about the world of linguistics, this book offers something for everyone- Storizen

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor’s dictionary of dope words- Mint

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Indian Millennials: Who Are They, Really? by A. M. Gautam

‘Indian Millennials’: What being a Millennial means to the Akashs, Sameers, and Siddharths of India- Scroll.in

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Back on the carousel of words- The New Indian Express

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Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries by Sumana Roy

Sumana Roy’s latest The Provincials explores the slow degradation in the quality of attention we pay to people and things around us- The Indian Express

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Mangifera indica: A Biography of the Mango by Sopan Joshi

Mangifera Indica is Sopan Joshi’s first nonfiction book in English. It is an absolutely fascinating account of the king of fruits intertwined with a bit of a memoir- Moneycontrol

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

‘Genocide’ or ‘crimes against humanity’? How language shapes our view of conflict- Frontline

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Your Company Is Your Castle How to Build a Successful Company by Sandeep Chennakeshu

Book review: Monumental measures- The Financial Express

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How Prime Ministers Decide by Neerja Chowdhury

Biography on Ambedkar, book on Hindutva pop among five books shortlisted for Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2024- The Hindu

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How Prime Ministers Decide by Neerja Chowdhury

NIF announces five-book shortlist for the 2024 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize for nonfiction- Scroll.in

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Swallowing the Sun: A Novel by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri

Ants flying into the sky | Review of ‘Swallowing the Sun’ by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri- The Hindu

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The Lion and the Lily: The Rise and Fall of Awadh by Ira Mukhoty

A counter-narrative to the rise of the British in 18th century India- Times of India

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Unlocking Wealth: Secrets to Getting Rich at Any Age by Rohit Sarin

How money works – and how to make it work for you- Governance Now

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

I’m Besotted With Words—Shashi Tharoor on Indian English V Bad English, Spoonerisms, Paraprosdokians- The Wire

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The Lion and the Lily: The Rise and Fall of Awadh by Ira Mukhoty

Book Review: Decadent Despots or Barriers to British Hegemony? Re-examining Awadh’s Early Nawabs and Begums- The Assam Tribune

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Mangifera indica: A Biography of the Mango by Sopan Joshi

Sopan Joshi on writing “that mango book”, research and a “memorable” feast- Governance Now

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Mangifera indica: A Biography of the Mango by Sopan Joshi

The mango: India’s beloved fruit has a storied past- Frontline

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

What’s Shashi Tharoor’s favourite four-letter word?- India Today

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Backflap: Wonderland of Words- The Tribune

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Mangifera indica: A Biography of the Mango by Sopan Joshi

Biography of the mango | King of Fruits- India Today

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Fallen City: A Double Murder, Political Insanity, and Delhi’s Descent from Grace by Sudeep Chakravarti

In cold blood- The New Indian Express

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Fallen City: A Double Murder, Political Insanity, and Delhi’s Descent from Grace by Sudeep Chakravarti

Sudeep Chakravarti on his books Fallen City, The Eastern Gate and vote-bank politics in Manipur- Force Magazine

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Fallen City: A Double Murder, Political Insanity, and Delhi’s Descent from Grace by Sudeep Chakravarti

From Ranga-Billa to RG Kar: 45 Years of Unchanged Crime, Criminals and Policing | ETV Bharat

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My Beloved Life: A Novel by Amitava Kumar

Amitava Kumar’s My Beloved Life explores the fractures of history with the tale of a father and daughter- The Indian Express

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Fallen City: A Double Murder, Political Insanity, and Delhi’s Descent from Grace by Sudeep Chakravarti

Sudeep Chakravarti, Author Of Fallen City | Cover Story | NewsX

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Mangifera indica: A Biography of the Mango by Sopan Joshi

How mango helped in the spread of Buddhism- The Hindu

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Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries by Sumana Roy

Review of Sumana Roy’s Provincials — Postcards from the Peripheries: The outsiders- The Hindu

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Exclusive | Congress MP Shashi Tharoor On MeToo In Mollywood, Bangladesh, His New Book And Much More- CNN News18

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the World in 101 Essays by Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor Speaks To NDTV On His New Book – ‘A Wonderland Of Words’- NDTV  

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Mangifera indica: A Biography of the Mango by Sopan Joshi

Sopan Joshi’s Mangifera Indica traces the influence of the mango on Indian life- Mint    

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City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar by Sadaf Wani

A Poignant Portrait of Srinagar’s Beauty and Struggle- The Pioneer

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The Hill of Enchantment: The Story of My Life as a Writer by Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond: A writer who offers ‘a note of cheerfulness in a world of conflict and uncertainty’ – The Hindu

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How the World Was Born: Wondrous Indian Myths and Legends Retold by Lopamudra Maitra

In Praise of the Provincial – Open Magazine

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The Hill of Enchantment: The Story of My Life as a Writer by Ruskin Bond

And so it began…: A new book offers insight into rich Indian creation legends – Hindustan Times

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Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries by Sumana Roy

The book of margins: Provincials Review – The New Indian Express

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My Beloved Life

My Beloved Life review: Amitava Kumar’s self-aware novel shows what good fiction can achieve – The Federal

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Provincials

The book of margins: Provincials Review – The New Indian Express

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India’s Most Legendary Restaurants

MTR invented rava idlis when Japan invaded Burma. It caused a rice shortage in Bengaluru – The Print

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The Hill of Enchantment

Ruskin Bond | NDTV Exclusive: Author Ruskin Bond’s Take On AI, Advice For Budding Writes

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Love Jihad and Other Fictions: Simple Facts to Counter Viral Falsehoods

Debunking propaganda myths, restoring truths – Hindustan Times

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Swallowing the Sun

“Change is disquieting for those in positions of power and complacency”: Lakshmi Puri – The Indian Express

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Anger Management

Diplomacy on the edge – Business Standard

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Shashi Tharoor on his love for language and words in conversation with David Davidar

Shashi Tharoor on his love for language and words in conversation with David Davidar | The Hindu Lit Fest 2024

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Love Jihad

Debunking propaganda myths, restoring truths – Hindustan Times

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Swallowing the Sun

“Change is disquieting for those in positions of power and complacency”: Lakshmi Puri – The Indian Express

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Anger Management

Diplomacy on the edge – Business Standard

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The Hindu Lit Fest 2024

Shashi Tharoor on his love for language and words in conversation with David Davidar | The Hindu Lit Fest 2024

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The Girl In The Magical Flute

“Bookrack for the week” – Deccan Herald

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The Collected Stories of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury’, translated from the Bengali by Lopamudra Maitra

“For children: Short stories written (and illustrated) by Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury in translation” – Scroll

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The India Cookbook

“Read: A Recipe Of Hyderabadi Biryani From Shabana Azmi” – SheThePeople

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The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told

“The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told”—A compendium of stories that reflect Kerala’s progression” – The Week

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The Assamese

“This Legendary Tapestry Travelled Over Centuries From Assam to Britain. But Will it Ever Return?” – The Wire

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The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told

“The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told: A language’s vision, depth, appetite for storytelling” – The Tribune

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Features Aleph Books

“November Reads for Your Autumn Bookshelves” – Kashmir Observer

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The Indian Cat

“The Indian Cat: Stories, Paintings, Poetry, and Proverbs By BN Goswamy” – Outlook

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Three Countries, Three Lives

“October nonfiction picks: Six recent books that look at aspects of Indian history through new lenses” – Scroll

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The Indian Village

“Change and fluidity in rural India” – Books and Authors Podcast

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The Greatest Punjabi Stories Ever Told

“An honest celebration of the Punjabi short story” – The Tribune

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The Less You Preach, the More You Learn

“Shashi Tharoor: Word Class” – Open Magazine

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The Less You Preach, the More You Learn

“Shashi Tharoor is at his wittiest and wisest in his new book on aphorisms” – The Week

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The Peacemakers

‘These stories offer us hope that it is possible to rise above the hatred and violence’ – The Tribune

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How Prime Minister Decides

‘How Prime Ministers Decide’ delves into tackling of pulls and pressures – The New Indian Express

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She, the Leader

‘Inside Track by Coomi Kapoor: Allied problems, Cong-AAP ties & Hema Malini’s cross with BJP’ – The Indian Express

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A Plain Blunt Man

‘Misappropriated and misunderstood: The life of Sardar Patel’ – Nation Herald

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The Anglo-Indians’ Praise for the Book

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A fresh retelling brings 69 stories from the ‘Panchatantra’ to a new generation of readers

A fresh retelling brings 69 stories from the ‘Panchatantra’ to a new generation of readers. – Scroll.in

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A New History of India’s Praise for the Book

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Aleph Book Company is delighted to present Vivekananda by Govind Krishnan V. releasing on 5th May, 2023

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Aleph Book Company Announces Children’s List

Aleph Book Company is delighted to announce the launch of its children’s book list.  ‘We have long wanted to add children’s books to our publishing mix—Stephen Alter’s Great Indian Children’s…

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Aleph Book Company, Highlights 2022

Click here to view highlights from our catalogue for the next year: Aleph Book Company — Highlights 2022

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Nehru The Writer | Pride, Prejudice, and Punditry

Perhaps the most underestimated quality of Jawaharlal Nehru—whose life has seen more than its fair share of both hagiology and denigration—was his extraordinary achievement as a writer. Having delved extensively into…

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New Kings Of The World

PART ONE ‘I think I’m able to fulfill each latent desire of a woman in whatever role she comes in front of. I’m able to make a mother feel nice,…

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The Extended Mind – An Excerpt | Who Are We by Rajesh Kasturirangan

The Indian mind is shaped both by biology and by society. Nothing about human biology makes it specifically Indian but without those capacities there wouldn’t be a mind to be…

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Free Choice | The Misadventures of Mullah Nasruddin | An excerpt from Teaching a Horse to Sing

A new bakery opened up on the main street in Aks¸ehir, the same road that Nasruddin and his classmates took on their way to and from school. The aroma of…

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‘The Kabuliwallah’ by Rabindranath Tagore

My five-year-old daughter talked all the time. It had taken her a year after her birth to master the language, and since then she has not wasted a second of…

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The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told

The Discovery of Telenapota by Premendra Mitra If Saturn and Mars—it must be Mars—are in conjunction, you too, can discover Telenapota some day. In other words, if a day or…

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UNCERTAIN ALTITUDES: An Excerpt from Stephen Alter’s ‘Wild Himalaya’

Mountains are often defined by their height, though the summit of a peak is nothing more than the point where it ends, giving way to clouds and sky. The true…

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Kalpana Sharma on the narrative around violence against women in India

From the rape of Mathura, a young tribal girl, by two policemen in Desaiganj, Maharashtra, in 1972, to the brutal sexual assault and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua,…

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Not Just Another Story – An Excerpt

  The poignant chronicle of three generations of sex workers—Saraju, Malati and Lakshmi—takes us from a village in Bangladesh to a refugee camp in India in the years before the…

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Life Lessons

India has produced some of the world’s greatest religious leaders, sages, saints, philosophers and spiritual thinkers. They were monks, nuns and renunciates, nationalists and reformers. No one religion had a…

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Bestsellers

FICTION Muhammad Umar Memon, The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy David Davidar, A Clutch of Indian Masterpieces Mini Krishnan, Tell Me a Long, Long Story Arunava Sinha, The Greatest…

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Business is seduction

When King Dashrath’s wives bear him no children and Lompad’s kingdom suffers drought, both are advised to get Rishyashring to perform a yagna. Rishyashring cannot perform a yagna unless he is married…

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