Book Reading

In his memoir, A Room in Bombay, Manil Suri revisits his Bombay childhood, family struggles, sexuality and the letters that shaped his life

The book by S R Praveen, who has been a film critic for many years, is a culmination of years spent watching, questioning and writing about cinema

Does luck fall equally on everyone? You might not think so, but Japanese neuroscientist Nobuko Nakano argues that this is the case

The very drugs that transformed India's health, agriculture, and development now threaten to undermine all three

Julia Eckert's outstanding study on the Shiv Sena explores how the organisation grew via arbitrage in areas that the state could not/did not reach

Ben Mezrich's Checkmate turns the Magnus Carlsen-Hans Niemann chess scandal into a gripping narrative, but factual errors undermine its credibility

Jonathan Wilson's The Power and the Glory traces how the FIFA World Cup evolved from a football tournament into a global stage for power, politics and profit

Diplomat-scholar Aftab Seth offers a glimpse into Indonesia's cultural landscape and, in the process, transcends the narrow confines of one's own upbringing

Bharat Bluff is filled with first-person accounts of scams that allow readers to comprehend the gravity of India's scam economy beyond data

Written in a question-and-answer format, this book attempts to address all the questions you may have about China, its past, and future direction

Recent trends in technology-led automation, taxation policies, and rising unemployment have squeezed out the middle class. This book delves into what that means for India and whether it is all gloom

Beyond a few pointed digs at her husband's successor, 'View From the East Wing' largely sticks to the head-spinning details of first lady-hood

This absorbing and revelatory book goes beyond the expedition to trace the post-Everest trajectories of the protagonists and is an invaluable account of the realities of the pre-commercial era of Ever

In The Liver Doctor, the hero is not the doctor, but the liver itself: One of the least understood yet endlessly fascinating organs in the human body, and the only one capable of regenerating itself

The mischievous quality of the book's title or the emoji on its cover might mislead readers into dismissing it as lightweight reading

The book holds the slowdown in the growth of non-farm jobs as a key reason for inadequate demand

Baker pursues the story like a campus reincarnation of Woodward and Bernstein

Ruskin Bond's reflective essays revisit vanished small-town India, blending nostalgia, memory, humour, and the quiet ghosts of changing landscapes

Through the story of a female impersonator in theatres, this book offers a commentary on how queerness exists around us in different shapes, forms, words, and feeling

Mr Hazarika's book will appeal to environmentalists, historians, diplomats, anthropologists, political scientists, bureaucrats, and activists as well as readers who enjoy reading travelogues