South Asia

The Buddha in the World From Pankaj Mishra, the Windham-Campbell Prize-winning author of The World After Gaza, a meditation on the life and legacy of the Buddha, refracted through one man's...

An authoritative account of key geopolitical changes affecting Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia was created by geopolitics; it might die with it.The end of the Cold War in the early 1990s marked...

Stories from India’s Poorest Districts A classic of investigative reporting and social inquiry by the authority on Indian rural poverty, published outside of India for the first time with a...

A unique exploration of caste oppression and caste resistance around the world, from one of India's leading public intellectuals. Caste, and caste-based discrimination, are not just Indian issues. They are...

The dramatic and immersive story of an ambitious young empress who was the only woman to ever rule the Mughal Empire. More than four centuries ago in India, a Muslim...

Three Begums revolves around the lives of three ordinary women-Hamida, Merryl and Saliha- who lived extraordinary, interwoven lives of fabulous joy, fierce pain, and untold trauma. Like many who came...

How do power and beauty join forces to determine who is considered ugly? What role does that ugliness play in fomenting hatred? Moshtari Hilal, an Afghan-born author and artist who...

Indian democracy is in trouble. A still widely popular, democratically elected leader stands athwart it, dangerously authoritarian and disrespectful of civil liberties, the independence of the courts and the press,...

Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may...

'Brims with ideas and insights . . . Ghosh is at his sparkling best' IRISH TIMES Wild Fictions brings together Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary writing on the subjects that have obsessed...

The History of a Dangerous Idea A fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time 'Free Speech!' is a clarion call all over the...

Experiments in Living with Marion Milner Two women ninety years apart ask themselves the same question- What is the difference between living, and feeling truly alive? We all want more...

The global contest for breakthrough technologies In this groundbreaking book, Mehran Gul maps the recent waves of technological advancement up until the current moment to show how innovation becomes a...

A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZEA FINALIST FOR THE MOORE PRIZEA NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A gripping and rigorous crime story about the murder of a once...

Vishwakarma and the Artisans of Ellora Exploring family stories reveals the rich history of a seventh-century Buddhist shrine. As a young girl in Bombay, Kirin Narayan was enthralled by her...

The first major cookbook on Pakistani food, Pakistan puts this delicious and varied cuisine in its cultural context.Thanks to shared borders with Afghanistan, China, India, and Iran, and a history of migration...

Why the Indian Farmers went on strike The first responders to India's climate challenges Under colonial rule in India in 1917, Mohandas K Gandhi led a satyagraha alongside local farmers...

'Sally's book is an exemplar of the best in the genre' Krishnan Srinivasan, The Statesman A blend of travel writing, memoir, history and current affairs that tells the story of Sri...

There are curries on almost every continent, with a stunning diversity of flavors and textures across India alone, and many more interpretations the world over, including in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan,...

A Chef's Journey through India's Rich Culinary History A cookbook like no other, The Food of Bharat is a deep dive into India’s culinary history, exploring how Indian cuisine has...

Unity and Allegiance Across Tibetan Exile The Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet in 1959 after its occupation by China and established a government in exile in India. There, Tibetan leaders...

The South Asian Twentieth Century This book tells the story of South's Asia's twentieth century in eight chapters by Director of the Centre of South Asian Studies at Cambridge University...

Afghanistan after the Americans Left The first account of the new Taliban—showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors A Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Book of...

A Dialogue A lively discussion between two eminent Indian academics that examines what it means to be an Indian. Through a stimulating dialogue, two old friends trace the history of...

A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul The deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent media company in contemporary Afghanistan. Saad Mohseni,...

Living in the Shadow of AI Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 AI is changing what it means to be human. This is the unrivalled investigation into the...

  The New India is the unforgettable account of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to shape the young country's destiny. It reveals a picture of a nation on...

When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers...

A journey into the world's biggest cinema An exhilarating journey through the complex histories of India, performance traditions and cultural history, A Bollywood State of Mind is a love letter to...

Most of us know what it’s like to have our hopes dashed on moving house: the excitement fades and we realise the furniture doesn’t fit, the rent is no cheaper,...

An Alternative History of Identity A slave woman in 1840s America dresses as a white, disabled man to escape to freedom, while a twenty-first-century Black rights activist is ‘cancelled’ for...

21 Objects from a Continent DividedThe emotion and trauma of the Partition are buried deep, but Aanchal Malhotra has found a way to recover them. Through the possessions saved by...

Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka Beyond nostalgic tea industry ads romanticizing colonial Ceylon and the impoverished conditions that beleaguer Tamil tea workers are the stories of the...

The Last Years of the LTTE De-Facto State Little is known about the Tamil liberation cause and struggle, as it has been widely dismissed by global powers of all persuasions...

Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop There is a vast cultural movement emerging from beyond the Western world. Truly global in its range and allure, it is the biggest challenge...

Essays 2003-2020A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP ACROSS THIS LINESalman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of...

Illustrated by Salman ToorThousands of islands rise from the rivers' rich silts, crowned with forests of mangrove, rising on stilts. This is the Sundarban, where great rivers give birth; to...

An Ordinary Killing A masterly and agenda-setting inquest into how the deaths of two teenage girls shone a light into the darkest corners of a nation Katra Sadatganj. A tiny...

Explore the rich and complex history of the world's largest democracy, its people and dynasties through visually vibrant timelines packed with information on famous people and key events.Take a journey...

The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectuals Where is 'home'? For Amartya Sen, home has been many places — Dhaka in...

History, Without BordersSanjay Subrahmanyam is becoming well known for the same sort of reasons that attach to Fernand Braudel and Carlo Ginzburg, as the proponent of a new kind of...

Life and Death in a Contested City A fast-paced journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside out — from an electrifying new voice in...

A stunning piece of reportage, examining modern India through the stories of three couples who defy their families to be together — across faith, caste and tradition.What would you risk...

Arthur Conan Doyle, George Edalji andthe Case of the Foreigner in the English Village In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, someone is mutilating horses. Someone is also sending...

Newly revised for the seventy-fifth anniversary of partition, Kavita Puri conducts a vital reappraisal of empire, revisiting the stories of those collected in the 2017 edition and reflecting on recent...

A JM Journey Translated from Bengali by Nazes Afroz WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TARAN KHAN, author of Shadow City An intrepid traveller and true cosmopolitan, legendary Bengali writer Syed...

The Beatles in IndiaThe music's still playing, fifty years on...It is 1965, and John, Paul, George and Ringo have lost themselves. Beatlemania is at its peak and the boys are...

Parables for a Planet in Crisis The history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation — of both human life and the natural environment — and the origin...

The Making of the World’s Largest Muslim Minority, 1947–1977 A fresh take on the history of post-independence India, revealing how Muslim leaders in Congress and the community abandoned those they...

An Illustrated Oral History of Queer & Trans ResistanceOver the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied and challenged those who...