Indian Economy Since Independence
Edited by Uma Kapila
Academic Foundation
Rs 695
Pp 1104

Indian Economy Since Independence, a comprehensive and critical analysis of India’s economy, features a collection of essays on the Indian economy by some of the country’s leading economists, with contributions by Kapila.

The Last Illusion
Porochista Khakpour
Bloomsbury
Rs 450
Pp 323

The Last Illusion, written by the author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects, is a novel about a feral boy coming of age in New York. It is based on a legend from the medieval Persian epic The Shahnameh (Book of Kings).

Read Next