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The Hindu On Books newsletter | A Booker prize for Jenny Erpenbeck, Namita Gokhale’s new book, on James Bond’s creator and more

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. On the list for Political Writing Book Prize are Alpa Shah’s Incarcerations, Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, Cat Bohannon’s Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, Daniel Finkelstein’s Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad, Yaroslav Trofimov’s Our Enemies Will Vanish: The …

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The Hindu On Books | Reading ‘Time Shelter’ on the International Booker shortlist, a new history of India, the ‘Bandit Queens’ and more

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. Also on the shortlist are Guadalupe Nettel’s Still Born, about the challenges of motherhood, translated by Rosalind Harvey; GauZ’s Standing Heavy, translated from the French by Frank Wynne, in which a security guard looks back on his time at the mall, making it an astute observation on colonial legacies and …

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Book Review: ‘Kalindi (Brahmankanya) A Novel’ by Shridhar V. Ketkar translated by Shanta Gokhale

This translation from the Marathi original is about a woman’s struggle to live on her own terms a century ago. Kalindi, Shanta Gokhale’s brilliant translation of Shridhar V. Ketkar’s original Brahmankanya, with its thought-provoking content and racy style takes one’s breath away. Kalindi A Novel By Shridhar V. Ketkar; Translated from Marathi by Shanta Gokhale Speaking Tiger Books LLP 240 …

Book Review | Masters and seekers unravel philosophy of the Himalayas

Upon first seeing the cover of Mystics and Sceptics, which features an exquisite artwork by the renowned Himalayan painter Nicholas Roerich, I was immediately drawn in. Given my long-standing fascination with Roerich’s immortal depictions of the region, I knew without a doubt that I simply had to obtain a copy of this book.And then there is the subject matter itself …

The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday announced its awards for 2021 for literary works in 20 languages, including novels in Assamese and English by Anuradha Sarma Pujari and Namita Gokhale respectively. In a statement, the national academy of letters said seven books of poetry, five of short stories, two plays, one each of biography, autobiography, criticism and epic poetry had won …

China utilised 'close connections' with Left parties to stop India-US nuke deal: Vijay Gokhale in his book

Former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale has claimed in his latest book 'The Long Game' that China tried to use its "close connections" with the Left parties of India to stop the India-US civil nuclear deal. As joint secretary, Vijay Gokhale was dealing with China, when the India-US nuclear deal was being negotiated and India got a waiver from the Nuclear …