Book Reading

Antony Beevor's book casts a cool academic eye on this controversial faith healer, arguing that despite the mystique, Rasputin's influence on the fall of the Romanovs has been exaggerated

Invisible to most, Harsh Mander's latest book peels back the layers of injustice and neglect that the urban homeless experience in our cities

Polar War reflects the current reality of security considerations overwhelming all others, including the threat of climate change

In his new book, Israel: What Went Wrong?, Bartov reflects on what has happened in the two and a half years since that episode

Priyadarshini Chatterjee's First Bite explores India's urban breakfasts, blending food, history, and culture into a rich ethnography of everyday life

With themes such as slow food, slow health, slow fashion, slow work, and slow democracy, this book offer practical actions for a more mindful daily life

A sharp, accessible account of how religion and power intertwine in Asia, examining Buddhist extremism without losing sight of faith's deeper values

Why India must not only enhance its comprehensive national power but also become a major power in China's perception

While everyone must find the meaning of religion in their own way, this book serves as a handy guide in the journey

A new book frames "Muskism" as a system blending tech power, state dependence and libertarian rhetoric, shaping a disruptive and unequal political economy

Rahul Akerkar's candid memoir serves up a rich mix of chaos, craft and reinvention, tracing the journey of a chef who helped shape India's modern dining culture

An Israeli and a Palestinian journey through Israel and the West Bank, crafting a powerful, humane book that makes you believe a path beyond revenge must exist

From sleep disorders to fear of the dark, a neurologist's book explores why the brain functions the way it does

Former R&AW chief Vikram Sood's book offers prescient insights into America's decline, partly attributing it to its outdated 'Philosophy for Profit'

The book gives an intimate glimpse of how the US changed, both as a society as well as in its economic regulations

As debates over Zionism intensify, a new book revisits the Jewish Labour Bund, offering an alternative vision of Jewish identity rooted in "hereness" and solidarity

Jyoti Yadav's debut book captures untold stories of migrant distress, rural suffering, and systemic gaps during India's Covid-19 crisis

The book's engagement with the digital turn is particularly significant in this regard

Neither Iran nor Russia has been deterred by US economic sanctions, and the US itself faces limits on escalation to avoid harming its own interests, argues Edward Fishman in Chokepoints

In an era where nationalism dominantes Indian politics, former Vice-President Hamid Ansari's book offers a conceptual framework for it and for India's foreign policy