July-August Reads

Over July and August, I managed to read just two books... The first is one of those books I never would have picked up myself. Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina was a birthday gift from a friend. Translated from the Russian by Lisa C Hayden, the story follows Zuleikha from her life in a Tartar village…

June Read

I picked up Upinder Singh's 'Ancient India: A culture of contradictions' at the new Atta Galatta in Indiranagar. A scholarly book that looks at the many contradictions that make up this country and its culture, it was definitely not a beach-read. Divided into chapters, each focusing on a particular contradiction such as Goddesses and Misogyny…