<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Future Tense</span></p>.<p>Nitasha Kaul</p>.<p>HarperCollins, 2020, pp 308, Rs 499</p>.<p>Shireen, the granddaughter of a spy, discovers how her painful and divisive family story is deeply intertwined with the history of Kashmir. The book traces the competing trajectories of modernity and tradition, freedom and suffocation in Kashmir.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Urdu Ghazal: A Gift of India’s Composite Culture</span></p>.<p>Gopi Chand Narang</p>.<p>OUP, 2020, pp 544, Rs 1,295</p>.<p>The book explores a variety of influences on the ghazal, including Sufism, Bhakti movement and the infusion of Rekhta, Persian languages and culture. It elucidates classical ghazal forms that blossomed from the seeds sown by Amir Khusrau in the 14th century.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Happy For No Reason</span></p>.<p>Mandira Bedi with Satyadev Barman</p>.<p>Penguin, 2020, pp 240, Rs 299</p>.<p>A multifaceted personality, Mandira candidly shares with her readers her secrets to maintaining health and exuberance in chaotic, mentally and physically gruelling schedules.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Soar</span></p>.<p>Amit Majmudar</p>.<p>Penguin, 2020, pp 256, Rs 499</p>.<p>Bholanath and Khudabaksh are two soldiers in the British Indian Army, sent off to Europe to fight in World War I. When a mission in a surveillance balloon goes awry, these two gentle soldiers along with an exceptionally ill-tempered squirrel are set adrift high above the Western Front. What happens next?</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Not All Those Who Wander</span></p>.<p>Arjun Nath</p>.<p>Penguin, 2020, pp 272, Rs 299</p>.<p>Sometimes together and sometimes on their own, sometimes as friends and sometimes as more, Gehna and Eram journey without a map down a most unexpected road. Quirky and heartfelt, this is a story of millennial friendships.</p>
<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Future Tense</span></p>.<p>Nitasha Kaul</p>.<p>HarperCollins, 2020, pp 308, Rs 499</p>.<p>Shireen, the granddaughter of a spy, discovers how her painful and divisive family story is deeply intertwined with the history of Kashmir. The book traces the competing trajectories of modernity and tradition, freedom and suffocation in Kashmir.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Urdu Ghazal: A Gift of India’s Composite Culture</span></p>.<p>Gopi Chand Narang</p>.<p>OUP, 2020, pp 544, Rs 1,295</p>.<p>The book explores a variety of influences on the ghazal, including Sufism, Bhakti movement and the infusion of Rekhta, Persian languages and culture. It elucidates classical ghazal forms that blossomed from the seeds sown by Amir Khusrau in the 14th century.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Happy For No Reason</span></p>.<p>Mandira Bedi with Satyadev Barman</p>.<p>Penguin, 2020, pp 240, Rs 299</p>.<p>A multifaceted personality, Mandira candidly shares with her readers her secrets to maintaining health and exuberance in chaotic, mentally and physically gruelling schedules.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Soar</span></p>.<p>Amit Majmudar</p>.<p>Penguin, 2020, pp 256, Rs 499</p>.<p>Bholanath and Khudabaksh are two soldiers in the British Indian Army, sent off to Europe to fight in World War I. When a mission in a surveillance balloon goes awry, these two gentle soldiers along with an exceptionally ill-tempered squirrel are set adrift high above the Western Front. What happens next?</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Not All Those Who Wander</span></p>.<p>Arjun Nath</p>.<p>Penguin, 2020, pp 272, Rs 299</p>.<p>Sometimes together and sometimes on their own, sometimes as friends and sometimes as more, Gehna and Eram journey without a map down a most unexpected road. Quirky and heartfelt, this is a story of millennial friendships.</p>
