Entrepreneur Day Special

India@75: 15 (recently published) books that uniquely chronicle Indian realities

Arundhati Roy once said, “India lives in several centuries at the same time.” This is why perhaps the country remains a perennial puzzle for everyone, for it’s impossible to uncover the ‘whole truth’ about anything in India. But below is a list of recently published books that not only wrestle with India’s complexity adroitly but, along with it, also unravel a crucial understanding of its culture and politics, often employing a unique lens to tell these stories.

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