The Art of Physics
Zahaan Bharmal
HarperCollins
Pp 256, Rs 499
People are messy. Science is methodical. Could ideas from physics allow us to solve our urgent problems? This book is about the hidden, surprising, and sometimes beautiful ways in which physics could help you make sense of a chaotic and unpredictable world. Drawing on cutting-edge research and eye-opening insights, the book shows that science offers a rich vocabulary for tackling contradictions that seem to be the hallmarks of daily life.
The Unfinished Quest
TV Paul
Westland Books
Pp 280, Rs 699
In The Unfinished Quest, leading international relations and South Asia scholar TV Paul charts India’s checkered path toward higher regional and global status, covering both the successes and failures it has experienced since the modern nation’s founding in 1947. Paul focuses on the key motivations driving Indian leaders to enhance India’s global status and power, but also on the many constraints that have hindered its progress.
The Chess Revolution
Peter Doggers
Hachette
Pp 416, Rs 799
Since ancient times chess has inspired writers, painters, mathematicians and scientists alike, and played an instrumental role in technological developments that have transformed society. In The Chess Revolution, acclaimed Chess.com journalist Peter Doggers explores chess as a cultural phenomenon from its influence on popular culture, the arts and science to its biggest stars and most dramatic moments, culminating in its meteoric rise in the digital age and a new peak in popularity.
Rivers of Thirst
Joginder Paul
Speaking Tiger Books
Pp 256, Rs 499
Rivers of Thirst presents the powerful narratives of Joginder Paul, whose writing was profoundly shaped by his experiences during the 1947 Partition. This collection, translated for the first time from Urdu to English, explores themes of displacement, identity, and belonging, revealing how trauma echoes across generations. These stories explore the struggles of its characters, who refuse to relinquish their memories of undivided Punjab.
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop
Kenji Ueda
HarperCollins
Pp 224, Rs 399
Take a walk to the cozy stationery shop in the neighbourhood of Ginza with Letters from the Ginza Shibodo Stationery Shop by Kenji Ueda. It is a heartwarming novel for lovers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. Set in a charming stationery shop in Tokyo’s Ginza neighbourhood, this story weaves together the lives of ordinary people seeking healing, connection, and self-discovery.
