June in Books: A father on son’s autism, prophecies from Manipur, and Arundhati Roy’s latest award

The first is Ichhamoti’s beloved Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. (Source: Baraba)

Two new translations of the classics were released last month. The first is Mehboob Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Ichhamoti (595 rupees, Parabha), translated by Chanda Chattopadhyay Putra. The second is Mirza Ahmad Akhtar Jurjani Sawaneh-i-Dehli: A Biography of Delhi (595 rupees, Rowley Books), translated by Ather Farooqui.

The second is Mirza Ahmad Akhtar Jurghani, Sawana Dehli: Biography of Delhi (Source: Rowley Books).
Nation First is written by Shikha Akhilesh Saxena. (Source: Hachette)

India has been understood in different ways: from the point of view of an army officer’s wife who lived through the Kargil War in; nation first (Rs. 399, Hashit) by Shikha Akhilesh Saxena; Through the tongue, teeth and stomach in Zach Oya Digest India (599 rupees, the talking tiger); And in poetry and academic papers in Keepers of Knowledge: Writings from Mizoram (Rs. 695, Zubaan Books) By Hmingthanzuali and Mary Vanlalthanpuii.

Digesting India is written by Zac O’Yeah. (Source: Talking Tiger)
Guardians of Knowledge: Writings from Mizoram by Hemmingthanzali and Mary Vanlalthanpuyi. (Source: Tongue Books)

imaginary

Sania Rushdie wrote the hospital. (Source: Nawras Books)

Rushdie’s place hospital (Rs. 599, The Seagull Books), translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha, is about a woman, Sania, in Melbourne, who has schizophrenia but is suspicious of it. The 132-page debut follows her attempts to understand the medical paradigms of psychology that support her diagnosis.

Arifa Tahsin wrote The Witch in the Peepal Tree (Source: HarperCollins)

Arifa Tahsin The Witch in the Peepal Tree (Rs. 399, HarperCollins) is about a young girl in newly independent India, who is murdered in Makar Sakranti in 1950. Assuming the trappings of a murder mystery novel, Tehsin explores the family and society in which the girl grows up against the backdrop of democracy emancipating itself from the shackles of generations of monarchy and colonialism.

Linthoy Chanu wrote Wayel Kati: The Quest of the Seven Guardians. (Source: Newgi Books)

Linthoy Chanu Will Katie: The Pursuit of the Seven Guardians (Rs. 495, Neogi Books) Focuses on the legendary “Scissors of Justice” named Will Katie, which must be retrieved by a prophesied group of seven. A darling of Manipuri folklore, the novel explores environmental degradation, the role of myths in modern life, and paganism.

non-fiction

Siddharth Shrikanth Books The Nature Affair: The Crisis of the Other Planets. (Source: Penguin)

Siddharth Shrikanth The Nature Affair: The Crisis of the Other Planets (Rs. 699, Penguin) makes the economic case for climate action, drawing from an indigenous view of nature to show that conservation can be profitable and healthy at the same time.

Anirudh Kala wrote Most of What You Know About Addiction Is Wrong (Source: Talking Tiger)

Distinguished psychiatrist Anirudh Kalla Most of what you know about addiction is wrong (Rs. 499, Talking Tiger) seeks to expose the moral poison emanating from addiction and rehabilitation, as it campaigns for a more scientific and empathetic approach to the issue.

I have autism and like to play bad tennis: Paul Debashis wrote: Vignettes and Insights from My Son’s Life. (Source: Westland)

Debashi Paul I suffer from autism And I Like to Play Bad Tennis: Vignettes and Insights from My Son’s Life (Rs. 450, Westland) It reads like a father trying to understand his son’s diagnosis on the autism spectrum, and arguing passionately that this isn’t the end of the world. Drawing on what he’s learned from around the world, he offers practical (and hopeful) advice on how to nurture neurotically diverse people and help them thrive in a world not designed for them.

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