Category: book recommendation
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The Mighty Pauper – A review of Francis Wheen’s Book – Karl Marx: A Life
Like many other people who’ve changed the course of history, Marx lived a life of deep contradictions. Marx craved and was used-to the trappings…
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The Library That Was My Storm and My Harbour
Coming back from a matter today in Tis Hazari, I visited the Delhi Public Library today, after decades. This is where it all began…
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Book Review : Hitler by Ian Kershaw
Travels through Europe over the past several years have yielded experiences that are, in equal measure, enriching and deeply unsettling. The continent’s culture is…
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2025 in Books
This year’s reading felt less like a sprint and more like a long, deliberate walk—through history, conscience, exile, law, love, and the quiet corners…
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Book Review – Flesh by David Szalay
This book doesn’t manipulate. Its omissions are not laziness but craft. A strategic silence in a negotiation. An awkward pause at dinner. A shadow…
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Book Review: These Truths by Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore’s These Truths is a sweeping yet intimate portrait of America’s 500-year journey—its ideals, contradictions, and constant reinvention. Part history, part moral inquiry,…
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Book Review on Tareekh Pe Justice: Reforms for India’s District Courts
Tareekh Pe Justice by Bharat Chugh spotlights India’s district courts—the real trenches of justice—through powerful storytelling, deep analysis, and a call for meaningful reform.…
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The Reading Society.
There’s nothing that brings greater pleasure than reading. But over the last few years, my outlook to reading has changed. I don’t read to…
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A few lines on The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut (Review)
A few words on The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut. Every line, and I mean it, every line is a masterpiece. Even when the author…
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My favourite books and authors. Top 45 non-law reads.
Many of you have reached out to me – over the years – seeking book recommendations, or asking me – who my favourite authors…
