Books of the week: From Avinuo Kire’s The Last Light of Glory Days to Vijay Kichlu’s biography, our picks

We love tales, and even within the age of Netflix-and-chill, there’s nothing like a superb guide that guarantees a few hours of absorption — whether or not curled up in mattress, in your favorite coffeehouse, or that lengthy (and tiresome) commute to work. Each Sunday, we’ll have a succinct choose of books, throughout various genres, which have been newly made obtainable on your studying pleasure. Get them wherever you get your books — the pleasant neighbourhood bookseller, e-retail web site, chain retailer — and in no matter type you favor. Comfortable studying!

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– FICTION

Cages: Love and Vengeance in a Purple-light District
By Aabid Surti
Penguin Random Home India | Rs 399 | 208 pages

Author Aabid Surti’s novel is ready on the intersection of the Seventies’ world of prostitution in Kamathipura, the Bombay underworld, and Bollywood. It’s impressed by the true story of Kumund, a intercourse employee who owned her sexuality and wasn’t ashamed of her occupation, and actually portrays the cruelties intercourse staff face and their energy to triumph.

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The Final Gentle of Glory Days: Tales from Nagaland
By Avinuo Kire
Talking Tiger Books | Rs 350 | 184 pages

Author Avinuo Kire’s assortment of quick tales is ready in a world the place navy occupation and magic coexist, the place folks legends sit alongside tales of laborious farm life. In a single story, set towards the Indo-Naga battle, three ladies recount how the Naga folks remained decided to carry on to normalcy. In one other, on a regular basis occasions are intertwined with supernatural parts of the mountains.

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– MEMOIRS and BIOGRAPHIES

A Sculptor of Expertise: Vijay Kichlu: An Authorised Biography
By Meena Banerjee
Roli Books | Rs 595 | 320 pages

Author and musicologist Meena Banerjee tells the story of Padma Shri Pandit Vijay Kumar Kichlu, from his start in Almora to coaching in Varanasi. She discusses his time as a pupil getting a Grasp’s in Historical past, navigating a profession as a enterprise government, and planning and managing the Sangeet Analysis Academy. Above all, she discusses how his purpose has been to be a pupil and devotee of this ‘Mohini Vidya’.

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Soumitra Chatterjee: A Life in Cinema, Theatre, Poetry & Portray
By Arjun Sengupta and Partha Mukherjee
Niyogi Books | Rs 1,250 | 188 pages

Instructor Arjun Sengupta and author Partha Mukherjee inform the story of thespian and poet Soumitra Chatterjee, who’s among the many greatest representatives of Bengali tradition. The guide discusses his early years, his relationships with Sisir Kumar Bhaduri and Satyajit Ray, and his versatility as an actor, analysing an important roles of his profession. It additionally exhibits how his poetry and artwork provide perception into his idealism.

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Enter Stage Proper: The Alkazi / Padamsee Household Memoir
By Feisal Alkazi
Talking Tiger Books | Rs 699 | 256 pages

With over 50 uncommon pictures, director and activist Feisal Alkazi tells the story of Indian theatre. In 1943 Bombay, Roshen Padamsee met Ebrahim Alkazi, who married in 1946, forging among the many strongest theatre alliances. The guide traces how they took English theatre from its early Bombay days to worldwide acclaim, discussing Ebrahim’s time as director of the Nationwide College of Drama, the couple’s choice to open Artwork Heritage in Delhi, and extra.

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– NON-FICTION

Benefit India: The Story of Indian Tennis
By Anindya Dutta
Westland | Rs 599 | 424 pages

Author Anindya Dutta presents an account of the journey of Indian tennis, starting within the late nineteenth century with Mohammed Sleem and SM Jacob amongst others. Publish-independence, icons like Dilip Bose and Naresh Kumar took to the court docket, till within the mid-Nineties Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi earned India its first Grand Slam titles. Right now, gamers like Sania Mirza have remodeled ladies’s tennis.

Stressed within the Metropolis: Conversations with Younger Individuals in Resettlement Colonies
By Nirantar Belief
Sage Yoda Press | Rs 1,095 | 204 pages

NGO Nirantar’s guide offers readers entry to the unfiltered voices of younger folks in city poor communities speaking about their expectations from the state, private and household relations, and extra. It uncovers the deep-rooted injustice inside the workforce that reinforces a way of marginalisation. It highlights the stark distinction between rural and concrete youth’s relationship with know-how, and the boundaries of company afforded to ladies on the margins.

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