Books, Reading and Life
Book reviews, recommendations, personal essays, poems, and notes on life.
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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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Bookshops in London & Edinburgh
I’ve visited at least one bookshop in every city I’ve ever been to. For me, books—and by extension, bookshops—are sanctuaries of stillness. Travel, though…
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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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Outsourcing ‘Feeling’ or “The Letter Writer” (Poetry Night)
Do you mind outsourcing to me- What you always wanted to say, But couldn’t find a way. Listen, I can write that letter for…
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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…
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A few lines on – Andrew Roberts’ Napoleon – the Great
A few lines on ‘Napoleon : The Great/A Life by Andrew Roberts’ *May contain spoilers. Also, typed on the phone. Please ignore the typos.…
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A Nano Book Review : The Proof by Frederick Schauer
A book that we absolutely need, though not necessarily a book that we deserve. We live in a world that is increasingly surrendering itself…
