Biblio: A Review of Books

VOL XXI NOS. 12

DECEMBER 2016

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‘High Tea’, painting by M.F. Husain in Husain’s Raj ¬– Visions of Empire and Nation by Sumathi Ramaswamy, Marg, Vol.67,No 4, June 2016.

COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS

		Sagarika Ghose says Shashi Tharoor’s An Era of Darkness is a highly readable, robust polemic

		Seema Alavi lauds Jon Wilson’s refreshing perspective in India Conquered

		Amar Farooqui reviews Walter Reid’s history of The British Betrayal of India

		Sukumar Muralidharan on why Ajay Skaria’s Unconditional Equality: Gandhi’s Religion of Resistance ‘needs long and extended dissection’

		IP Khosla on Sanjeev Sanyal’s eclectic and entertaining history of How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History

		An extract from Sumathy Ramaswamy’s exploration of M.F. Husian’s Visions of Empire and Nation

		Sayandeb Chowdhury finds Chandok Sengoopta’s biography of The Rays Before Satyajit immersive

FICTION & MYTHOLOGY

		Rukmini Bhaya Nair on why The Vegetarian deserved the 2016 Man Booker International Prize

		Nandini Lal giggles uncomfortably through Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, his Booker Prize-winning satire on race

		Anuradha Marwah is unable to warm up to the vision of literary culture in Ann Patchett’s latest novel, Commonwealth

		Sharanya Manivannan reviews Amruta Patil’s second graphic retelling of the Mahabharata Sauptik

NON FICTION

		Prem Shankar Jha on why Vijay Joshi is both right and wrong in India’s Long Road

		Sudeep Chakravarti is delighted that Josy Joseph has written A Feast of Vultures about India’s illiberal democracy

		Rohini Mohan on why Garrisoned Minds, an anthology on the consequences of conflict on women, sets our priorities straight

		Shohini Ghosh reviews Vaasanthi’s unauthorised biography on Jayalalithaa, Amma

		Boria Majumdar talks to Michael Clarke about his autobiography

		Two anthologies on the Himalayas: Vikramajit Ram appreciates the sure-footed instincts of Robert Twigger in White Mountain; Janice Pariat on Himalaya edited by Ruskin Bond and Namita Gokhale

REVIEWERS’ CHOICE

		A selection of the most memorable books of 2016 by Biblio reviewers

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