On the reading list this week is a volume on the cultural practices woven into Kashmiri carpets and floor mats, an inspirational memoir about fighting social disapproval to stay true to oneself, and a book on how beef eating in contemporary India means many different things to different people
On the reading list this week are short stories that articulate the true cost of living, a book that blends the science of aromatics with travel writing, history and insights into India’s contemporary perfume trade, and a collection of the 24 Gitas from the Mahabharata
This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book on the Indian village and its many shifts over the course of the nation’s history, another on Indian women wildlife biologists, and the memoir of an academic and activist
This week’s pick of interesting reads includes Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s first collection of new poetry in 25 years, a volume that looks at how management truisms don’t always hold good everywhere, and the story of how Savitribai Phule persevered against the oppressive forces of society
The list of interesting reads this week includes a novel featuring an unlikely set of friends in a city insistent on alienating them, a volume on how the diverse peoples inhabiting the valley of the vast Brahmaputra river became part of India, and a book about two misfits who discover they are kindred souls