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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022; pp 208, $18.22.
Reworking Culture Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in the Garo Hills, North East India by Erik De Maaker, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2022; pp 328, ` 1,695 (hardcover).
The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the World by Glenn Davis Stone, Oxon, UK: Routledge, 2022; pp 232, price not mentioned (UK Edition) (hardback).
Religion, Community and Nation: Hindu Consciousness and Nationalism in Colonial Punjab by K L Tuteja, Delhi: Primus Books and Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2021; pp xi + 372, ` 1,250.
Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us about Modern India by Rukmini S, Chennai: Context, 2021; pp xv + 327, ` 699 (hardcover).
The Story of P J Thomas: An Unsung Economist by E M Thomas, Academic Foundation, 2019; New Delhi, ` 590 (hardcover). Collected Scientific Papers of the Pioneering Economist and Planner P J Thomas...
Competing Nationalisms: The Sacred and Political Life of Jagat Narain Lal by Rajshree Chandra, New Delhi: Penguin, 2021; pp xxv + 211, ` 599.
Nation, Nationalism and the Public Sphere: Religious Politics in India edited by Avishek Ray and Ishita Banerjee-Dube, New Delhi: Sage, 2020; pp viii + 265, ` 1,195.
Performing Silence: Women in the Group Theatre Movement in Benga l by Trina Nileena Banerjee, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2021; pp 444, `1,795.
Socio-Economic Surveys of Three Villages in West Bengal: A Study of Agrarian Relations edited by Aparajita Bakshi and Tapas Singh Modak, New Delhi: Tulika, 2021; pp 496, `1,250
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence by Shrayana Bhattacharya, HarperCollins Publisher India, 2021; pp 464, ` 699.
From Lucknow to Lutyens: The Power and Plight of Uttar Pradesh by Abhigyan Prakash, Gurugram: HarperCollins Publishers, 2022; pp xxxii + 239, ` 599.
Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st-Century Conflict by Sumantra Bose, Yale University Press/Picador India, 2021; pp 333, ` 540 (hardcover).
The Greater India Experiment: Hindutva and the Northeast by Arkotong Longkumer, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2021; pp 321, price not mentoned.
Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan by Adeel Hussain, London: Hurst & Company, 2022; pp viii+173, ` 2,544 (hardcover).

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