Keetabi Keeda
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I did not expect this book to feel so procedural. I thought it would read like a polemic. It doesn’t. It reads like someone building a legal case file. Page after page of quotations. Extracts from speeches. Minutes from meetings. British archival correspondence. Constituent Assembly debates. What unsettled me most is not what Shourie says — it’s how often he steps aside and lets Ambedkar speak in…
Many Shades of Saffron: Decoding 100 Years of RSS Author: Chandrachur Ghose Genre: History Published by Rupa Publications Pages: 404 MRP: Rs. 795/- Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/48LiEnF Thank you Rupa Publications for a Review Copy of the book. Chandrachur Ghose’s Many Shades of Saffron embarks on an ambitious chronicle of India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from its 1925 founding to the…
Prateek Sharma’s literary journey is, in many ways, a map of a mind growing through solitude, self-interrogation, emotional upheaval, and spiritual softening. With Melange , his debut work, Sharma introduced himself as a poet of introspection, someone who writes not to decorate emotion, but to dismantle it. Years later, Reflections , his third book, reveals the evolution of that same voice:…
Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/47P9aaA Shamit Bagchi’s Dreamland: Twisted Tales from the Dream-Verse is a daring, kaleidoscopic collection that marries ancient myth and modern science into a single tapestry. Across its pages Bagchi transports us from dimly lit cremation grounds and secret tantric rituals to the humming laboratories of the future. The result is a series of tales that feel both…
India in the Second World War: An Emotional History (Shortlisted for the 2024 RHS Gladstone Book Prize) Author: Diya Gupta Genre: History Published by Rupa Publications Pages: 330 MRP: Rs. 795/- Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/4p7a3SZ Thank you Rupa Publications for a review copy of the book. History, at its best, is not just about facts—it’s about feeling. In her luminous debut, India in the…
Blade of the Fury: The Epic Saga of Parshurama Author: Ranjith Radhakrishnan ji Published by Westland Books Genre: Mythological (Historical) Fiction Pages: 337 MRP: Rs. 499/- Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/438oQUU Disclaimer: Throughout this review, I use the term "mythology" or “myth” in the academic and literary sense. However, I personally do not consider these stories to be mere myths or…
Decoding China: Hard Perspectives from India Edied by Ashok K. Kantha Genre: Geopolitics and International Relations Published by Boomsbury India Pages: 426 MRP: Rs. 899/- Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/3WaQlJu Thank you Bloomsbury India for a review copy of the book. Decoding China: Hard Perspectives from India is a new edited volume (Bloomsbury, Aug. 2025) that tackles the question of China’s…
The Chola Tigers: Avengers of Somnath Author: Amish Tripathi and Immortal Writers Center Commissioned Authors: Ram Sivasankaran and Bhavna Roy Genre: Historical Fiction Published by Harper Collins India Pages: 450 MRP: Rs. 499/- Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/3J5ZqQS Thank You Harper Collins India for a media copy of the book. Amish Tripathi’s latest novel, The Chola Tigers: Avengers of Somnath…
The Governance Gap: Unlocking India's Superpower Potential Author: Rajeev Budhiraja Edited by Shashi Budhiraja Genre: Public Policy /...
I, Witness: India from Nehru to Narendra Modi Author: Shahid Siddique Published by Rupa Publications Genre: Political Memoir Pages: 448...
