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Chapal Rani: A poignant portrait of gender and exclusion in folk theatre

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

River Traveller: Hazarika brings alive the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra ecosystem

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

Best of BS Opinion: Manufacturing ambition, the next IT state and more

From manufacturing reforms and Bengal's industrial future to Japan ties, wildlife conflict and digital culture, today's commentaries examine India's evolving challenges

What went wrong: A stark reappraisal of Israel's political trajectory

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

The Future Is Peace: Finding common ground in the Israel-Palestine journey

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

The Mind Electric : Pria Anand's book bridges myth, mind, and medicine

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

Great Power Games: Vikram Sood maps a world shifting from West to East

Former R&AW chief Vikram Sood's book offers prescient insights into America's decline, partly attributing it to its outdated 'Philosophy for Profit'

Streetwise: Lloyd Blankfein pulls no punches in his autobiography

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

Framing the Media: How 'once-free press' narratives misread India's history

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

Arguably Contentious: The search for a principled nationalism in India

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

INA, warts and all: The Forgotten Prisoners offers a needed rebalancing

Mr Hazarika notes that despite Bose's electrifying oratory, only 2,000 men of the 27,000 POWs outside the INA joined; the rest opted for the purgatory of Japanese POW camps

Stories We Wear: Do appearances, outfits carry texture, history, politics?

This book unravels the layers behind what may seem like mere Instagram aesthetics or airport looks

Zoramthanga's memoir traces Mizoram's political transformation from chaos

Zoramthanga describes the IAF bombing and its aftermath

India Innovates: Why we need tech sovereignty in a data-driven world

The author goes beyond startups and "jugaad." He covers: Government systems, manufacturing and infrastructure, healthcare and agriculture and emerging technologies

'International Relations' offers a Global South view on foreign affairs

From environment and gender to refugees and more, this book offers alternative insights on issues shaping the global discourse

Every Last Girl: How a grassroots push brought 2 million back to school

From a handful of team members to thousands of full-time employees, how a grassroots movement has brought over 2 million girls in rural India back to school

The Khilafat movement united India briefly, but deepened its divides

How a mass movement in India, centered on a grievance among Muslims, could have prevented the Partition in an alternative vision of history

Daktarin Jamini Sen: The journey of an imperial lady doctress remembered

Ms Chakraverti also draws from Dr Sen's short biography written by her sister, Kamini Roy, which included extracts from the doctor's journals

American Maritime Strategy in Indian Ocean: Tracing US' post-Cold War shift

The author argues, "Supply chains and critical technologies, such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology, are becoming increasingly important to emerging nations in the IOR