All Of Us In Our Own Lives
By: Manjushree Thapa
Publisher: Aleph
Pages: 212
Price: Rs 499
With Nepal’s foreign aid regime as the backdrop, this book is about the lives of four strangers who shape each other’s lives in fateful ways. A story about the plight of Nepalis living abroad, it reflects on the country’s recent events, including the devastating earthquake of 2015 and the subsequent drafting of a new constitution.
India Vs Pakistan: Why Can’t We Just Be Friends?
By: Husain Haqqani
Publisher: Juggernaut
Pages: 176
Price: Rs 299
Full of riveting revelations and anecdotes, this book or rather a monograph deals with the key pressure points—Kashmir, terrorism and the N-bomb—in the relationship between India and Pakistan. The author argues how Pakistan’s pathological obsession with India is the main problem between the two countries.
The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?
By: Nick Lane
Publisher: Profile
Pages: 360
Price: Rs 399
Award-winning author and bio-chemist Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a cogent solution to conundrums that have troubled scientists for decades. He argues the answer lies in energy. In unravelling these scientific enigmas, he provides a solution to life’s most vital question: Why are we as we are?