Reviews of Fiction and Non-Fiction Books by The Hindu

The Uprising of 1857 review: Glimpses of a mutiny and after

Rana Safvi A historian documents India’s ‘First War of Independence’ with a wealth of photographic evidence from the Alkazi collection

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Imperfect review: A brief flicker

K.C. Vijaya Kumar Sanjay Manjrekar deconstructs his career, takes us into the Indian dressing room and humanises the larger-than-life player

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Flying High - My Story from AirAsia to QPR review: Reaching for the skies

Murali N. Krishnaswamy A daring dream that led to the birth of a low-cost airline

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A Republic in the Making - India in the 1950s review: A time for change

K.R.A. Narasiah

On the sweeping developments post-Independence

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Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World review: Risk takers who don’t give up

Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta

An intelligent and deeply reported journey into the lives of India’s young people, and the hunger that drives them

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Decentralised Democracy in India: Gandhi’s Vision and Reality review: The road to development

Arvind Sivaramakrishnan A powerful argument for Gandhi’s idea that local government should be at the centre with the state a trustee

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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House review: Flash in the pan

Varghese K. George Truth, lies and exaggerations about the U.S. presidency

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Small Acts of Freedom review: Memories and reality

Radhika Santhanam A tribute to a father and other unsung war heroes

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China’s India War – Collision Course on the Roof of the World review: A counter narrative to history

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Inside Parliament – Views from the Front Row review: Crossing the floor

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Where the Wild Coffee Grows – The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup review: Behind the brew

An expansive travelogue on the land of the Arabica

Kanakaraj Arnakatte’s collection of short stories Ceylon Cycle discusses human displacement in the most unprecedented manner. The story Ceylon Cycle, after which the collection gets its name, is surely among the best short stories of Kannada in the recent times

'India Turns East: International Engagement and US-China Rivalry' review: The dragon in the room

Unravelling India’s greatest challenges in the neighbourhood

Raj Kapoor: The One and Only Showman review: In search of the artiste inside the showman

A daughter remembers her auteur father

Wars over a brew: review of 'A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World'

Opium, slave trade and Assam are at the centre of a beverage’s journey from the place of its origin to the rest of the world

An Unfinished Revolution: A Hostage Crisis, Adivasi Resistance and the Naxal Movement review: From ground zero

A journalist’s troubled stories from the heartland

Pushing panic buttons: review of 'The Last Battle of Saraighat: The Story of the BJP’s Rise in the North-east'

Two insiders on the campaign that helped BJP win Assam

Invisible colours: review of Toni Morrison's 'The Origin of Others'

A writer explains the language of race and identity

A sense of an ending: the literary world of 2017

The literary world reflected the tumult in the world with books on politics, the economy, migration and gender

The Hindu’s pick of top 10 non-fiction books from 2017

To pick the 10 best books in an incredible year of non-fiction books is perhaps an impossible task, but here goes our list, subjective, and by no means the last word on it.

The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World review: Bodies in revolt

Understanding the popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria

Journey to Lhasa: The Diary of A Spy review: Forbidden tales

How a teacher helped the British learn more about Tibet

The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace review: The Chinese challenge

Two writers defend the potential of a group of South East Asian nations even as power politics threatens to derail its plans

The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron, The Extraordinary Rise and Risk review: A man and his people

Using the French President’s life as the focal point, a biographer weaves a political narrative of contemporary France

'River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India’s Future' review: Against the flow

On cleaning up the polluted Ganga and its complications

'The New Wealth of Nations' review: The path to growth

An economist emphasises the need for education to increase income and reduce inequality, but is this the only way to development?

'The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine' review: Peace under pressure

A West Asian expert argues that only under coercion will Israel negotiate a settlement with Palestine

'How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer' review: From the pitlane

An insider’s fascinating perspective on cars, drivers and races

Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights review: Travelling tales

How Scheherazade’s stories were shared, reinvented and transformed

A Frayed History: The Journey of Cotton in India review: Thread of misery

Understanding why India ruined its domination in cotton

Delhi’s Qutb Complex: The Minar, Mosque and Mehrauli review: Not mere structures in stone

A scholarly, well-researched work traces the history of the second most visited monument in India

Women & Power: A Manifesto review: Misogyny’s long roots

Understanding the silencing of women’s voices in the modern day by tracing its history to Rome and Athens

Tangible memories: Tales through objects from across the bloodied border

A book that seeks to establish “the ability of an object or a possession to retain memory and act as a stimulus for recollection”.

Renaissance man: The allure of Leonardo da Vinci

Two books explore the mysterious genius of Leonardo da Vinci, a star in the whirligig of time

Coming up for air: An activist’s life around preservation of environment

Sunita Narain’s book isn’t your average weekend read.

Voting rights for all: On differences over reserved constituencies

Understanding the lengthy debates, and differences, between leaders of the freedom struggle on the issue of reservation

Rules that gag: On Abhinav Chandrachud’s ‘Republic of Rhetoric’

On why freedom of expression needs more guarantees

The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Hidden Genocide review: Desperate lives

Understanding an exodus and ways to tackle the crisis

An Uncivil Woman: Writings on Ismat Chughtai review: Lifting the veil

Writings on the celebrated and controversial Ismat Chugtai that demystify an often misunderstood woman

The Anatomy of Manchester United: A History in Ten Matches review: Beyond the noise

As one of English Premier League’s most famous clubs stands at the crossroads, a reminder of its rich past

Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India review: Rules that gag

On why freedom of expression needs more guarantees

Daddy knows everything: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

A heartbreakingly insightful study of the conflicted inner life of an abuse victim

Both fascinated and horrified: The Relive Box and Other Stories by T.C Boyle

Suspend disbelief to travel to a world unreal and all-too-real

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