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This week’s pick of interesting reads includes an anthology in support of Palestine, a tenth-century collection of Jain stories about 19 warrior saints who embrace death in pursuit of enlightenment, and a volume on Bangladesh

The author of The World Was Not Their Story; Odyssey of an Indian Reporter on six decades of war reporting and on the link between India’s foreign environment and its internal political dynamics

Set within Delhi’s affluent circles, Moms by Shivani Sibal follows Radhika Khanna, whose life is organised around marriage, motherhood, and the demands of maintaining a particular social identity

An erudite work that looks at how misinformation and fake news are purveyed and amplified on social media and closed platforms like Whatsapp