The Remnants of Rebellion
Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew
Aleph
Rs.899
This novel set in a colonial bungalow in Puthuloor, Kerala, harks back to the days of the naxalite movement. Old forgotten wounds open up when the protagonist—an artist—starts researching her family history.
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The Gallery of Upside-Down Women
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Penguin Random House
Rs.499
Described as “songs of bewilderment, insight and startling freedom”, the collection features some extraordinary women who exuberantly leap from the past into the global present, dissolving the divide between the historical and the imaginary.
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Keeru
Fauzia Rafique, translated by Haider Shahbaz
Hachette India
Rs.499
Told from the point of view of five characters, Keeru presents queer and feminist stories overturning familiar tropes about migration and family. The title is taken from the story whose protagonist is called Keeru, “insect” in Punjabi.
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On Cuba
Vijay Prashad, Noam Chomsky
LeftWord Books
Rs.250
Two public intellectuals trace the history of Cuba from the 1950s to the present, examining the contentious interplay between the Cuban Revolution and US imperialism to shed light on the truth of a complex and perennially controversial nation.
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OTP Please
Online Buyers, Sellers and Gig Workers in South Asia
Vandana Vasudevan
CSEP/Penguin
Rs. 499
This deep dive into the hidden costs of South Asia’s app economy highlights the struggles of gig workers chasing your quick deliveries and small sellers lost in algorithms. Rigorously reported, empathetically told, and disturbingly familiar, this book will make you pause before your next “Order Now”.
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For Home, Family, and Nation
Women and the Politics of Gender in Bengal, 1870-1947
Aparajita Dasgupta–Sengupta
Orient BlackSwan
Rs.1,335
The bhadramahila (privileged-caste educated woman) of late-colonial Bengal comes alive in this study that focusses on the complex relationship between feminism, nationalism, and communalism, over a period of eight decades, from 1870 to 1947.
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Fiction
Abundant Sense: Rahim: Selected Dohas
Chandan Sinha
Westland Books
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Excellent Women
Barbara Pym, with an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith
Virago
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The Sour Mango Tree: Selected Works
P. Lankesh, edited by Nataraj Huliyar
Penguin Modern Classics
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Basti & Durbar: Delhi-New Delhi: A City in Stories
Edited by Rakhshanda Jalil
Speaking Tiger
Non-fiction
Communal Geographies: Before and Beyond Partition in South Asia
Edited by Stephen Legg, William Gould, Charu Gupta
Routledge
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Glorious Failure: The Forgotten History of French Imperialism in India
Robert Ivermee
Hurst Publishers
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Scam: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds
Mark Bo, Ivan Franceschini and Ling Li
Verso Books
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The Burden of Conscience: Educating Beyond the Veil of Silence
Henry A. Giroux
Bloomsbury Academic
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