Narrative Pasts: The Making of a Muslim Community in Gujarat, c 1400–1650 by Jyoti Gulati Balachandran, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2020; pp xvii+ 227, ` 1,295.
Book Reviews
Tailspin: The Politics of India-China Economic Relations edited by Aravind Yelery and Mrudul Nile, New Delhi: Routledge, 2021; pp xviii + 405, £120 (hardcover).
Numbers in India’s Periphery: The Political Economy of Government Statistics by Ankush Agrawal and Vikas Kumar, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2020; pp 397, ` 945.
Dust and Smoke: Air Pollution and Colonial Urbanism, India, c1860–c1940 by Awadhendra Sharan , Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2020; pp xxiv + 319, ` 895.
A Reflection on Sraffa’s Revolution in Economic Theory edited by Ajit Sinha, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021; pp xxv+ 601, ₹ 14,821 (hardcover).
Mega Mammals in Ancient India: Rhinos, Tigers, and Elephants by Shibani Bose, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2020; pp 360, ₹ 1,495.
City of Shadows: Slums and Informal Work in Bangalore by S RoyChowdhury, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021; pp 231, ₹ 895 (hardcover).
India–Pakistan: Themes Beyond Borders: Selections from Nikhil Chakravartty’s Writings selected and edited by Anil Nauriya, Ravi M Bakaya, Razia Ismail Abbasi and Sumit Chakravartty, New Delhi: Aakar...
The Dravidian Model: Interpreting the Political Economy of Tamil Nadu by A Kalaiyarasan and M Vijayabaskar, Cambridge University Press, 2021; pp 260.
On Nationalism by Eric Hobsbawm and edited by Donald Sassoon with an introduction, London: Little, Brown, 2021; pp xxvi + 364, ` 799.
Poetry of Belonging: Muslim Imaginings of India 1850–1950 by Ali Khan Mahmudabad, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2020; pp xviii + 325, ₹ 1,595.
Fleeting Agencies: A Social History of Indian Coolie Women in British Malaya by Arunima Datta, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Global South Asians), pp 240, ₹ 1,099.
Farming Futures: Emerging Social Enterprises in India edited by Ajit Kanitkar and C Shambu Prasad, 2019; pp 532, ` 795 (paperback).
Waiting for Swaraj: Inner Lives of Indian Revolutionaries by Aparna Vaidik, Cambridge University Press, 2021; pp 240, ` 795.
The Legal Right to Housing in India by Anindita Mukherjee, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2019; pp 224, $44.99.