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“The Lion of Naushera” by Ziya Us Salam and Anand Mishra

Within weeks of India gaining independence, Kashmir resembled a battlefield because of Pakistan’s repeated incursions to capture the Muslim-dominated princely state. Towering among the soldiers
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“1975: The Year That Transformed Bollywood” by Pratik Majumdar

19 09 , 2025 No Comments

The year 1975 to Bollywood is what 1939 is to Hollywood – the greatest year in film history of the respective industries. Sholay, Deewaar, Pratiggya, Aandhi,
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“When the Going was Good: An editor’s adventures during the last golden age of magazines” by Graydon Carter

18 09 , 2025 No Comments

I had just started reading this magnificent memoir when the news broke of actor Robert Redford’s passing on 16 Sept 2025. What is the connection
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Avtar Singh’s “Into the Forest” and “The Pretenders”

17 09 , 2025 No Comments

Avtar Singh is an internationally published author and magazine editor. He was the founding editor of Time Out Delhi and was most recently managing editor
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Manish Gaekwad: “Nautch Boy: A memoir of my life in the Kothas” and “The Last Courtesan: Writing My Mother’s Memoir”

09 09 , 2025 No Comments

Manish Gaekwad was the only child of a courtesan, so he grew up in the kothas or a brothel. Courtesans would be defined as prostitutes
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“This is For Everyone” by Tim Berners-Lee

09 09 , 2025 No Comments

The groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. This is the story of our modern age. The most influential
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“Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life” by Jason Roberts

05 09 , 2025 No Comments

The dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life. In the 18th century, two men dedicated their
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“The Shortest History of Migration” by Ian Goldin

05 09 , 2025 No Comments

From the earliest human wanderings to the rise of the digital nomad For hundreds of thousands of years, the ability of Homo sapiens to travel across vast
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“Kanchhi” by Weena Pun

02 09 , 2025 No Comments

Nepali writer Weena Pun’s writings have appeared in Himal Southasian, the Kathmandu Post, The Record, “House of Snow: An Anthology of the Greatest Writing About
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“Mustard: A Global History” by Demet Guzey

31 08 , 2025 No Comments

The Edible Series launched by Reaktion Books in the UK and licensed by Pan Macmillan India is a brilliant set of books on food. At
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