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Now published by the @RSAsianAffairs, the Asian Review of Books is a dedicated pan-Asia book review publication.
Hong Kong / London
Joined June 2012
"Earth Song" by Kanji Patel, tr from Gujarati by Dileep Jhaveri, reviewed in Scroll
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The poems are a study of human nature, its evolution and devolution, and the complexities that we create by ignoring the simple story of nature.
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"The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan" by Lyse Doucet reviewed in NYT
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In “The Finest Hotel in Kabul,” the BBC journalist Lyse Doucet tells the story of a country through what was once its most luxurious hotel.
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ARB newsletter for 3 November 2025: reviews, announcements, podcasts of history, military history, ancient history and art, biography, new fiction https://t.co/6XpHoKRTPn
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Which bulb produces more near-infrared (NIR) light? Here we have an IR-SENSE photo comparing different light bulbs being operated at the same power. All appear as "warm white" color to the eye but the difference in the amount of invisible NIR light present is
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"Haim wrote his journal entries in Judeo-Farsi in a unique cursive Hebrew script. Judeo-Farsi is almost extinct now, so it took Abraham-Klein a decade to find someone who could translate and decipher the journal entries into Hebrew." https://t.co/xch0sbw77d
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“A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile” by Aatish Taseer [ARB review https://t.co/yWrKOPohHV] reviewed in the Hindu
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Aatish Taseer's "A Return to Self" explores identity, history, and exile through evocative travel essays across the globe.
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Rock art represents, among others, our earliest interactions with horses.
Today in the ARB: @davidchaffetz reviews “Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art Petroglyphs from Eurasia, Arabia and North Africa” by Christophe Baumer and Teresa Weber @BloomsburyBooks @BloomsburyAcad
https://t.co/D4d3K7TLHp
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"Railsong" by Rahul Bhattacharya reviewed in @livemint
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Rahul Bhattacharya’s ambitious new novel ‘Railsong’ tells the story of modern India through the history of its railways, and the varying fortunes of one family
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"'2 Years: My Messed-Up Love Story' is distinctly 'Indian'— and that’s not a criticism. For non-Indian readers, Chetan Bhagat offers an authentic glimpse into the country’s contemporary zeitgeist.:
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Chetan Bhagat occupies a distinct and highly influential space in contemporary Indian letters in English. While his previous work 11 Rules for Life nudged Bhagat into self-help, 12 Years reverts to…
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Today in the ARB: @davidchaffetz reviews “Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art Petroglyphs from Eurasia, Arabia and North Africa” by Christophe Baumer and Teresa Weber @BloomsburyBooks @BloomsburyAcad
https://t.co/D4d3K7TLHp
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I review Dahlia Abraham-Klein’s latest book, this one about the Afghan Jews, which uses journal excerpts from her grandfather. Afghanistan no longer has any Jews, so this book uncovers this all but lost history. My review in today’s @BookReviewsAsia.
Today in the ARB: @Susan_BK reviews “The Stateless Central Asian Merchant: The Life of Haim Aghajan Abraham Based on His Journal 1897-1986” by Dahlia Abraham-Klein https://t.co/xch0sbw77d
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"‘Pick a Color" by Souvankham Thammavongsa reviewed in WSJ
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In Souvankham Thammavongsa’s novel, the success of a nail salon lies in keeping appointments brief and personal relationships cool.
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“Courtesans Don’t Read Newspapers” by Anil Yadav [ARB review https://t.co/zWxGO4lXiz] reviewed in the Telegraph
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The book is a resistant cry against the very gaze of journalism, which often puppets the social orthodoxy and perversion of the majority.
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"Lapbah Volume I: Stories from North-East and Lapbah Volume II: Stories from North-East", edited by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Rimi Nath, reviewed in Scroll
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The two-volume anthology, edited by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Rimi Nath, contains 57 stories written in translation and English.
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"Chetan Bhagat occupies a distinct and highly influential space in contemporary Indian letters in English. '12 Years: My Messed-Up Love Story' reverts to his signature formula—romantic disillusionment as middle-class catharsis." https://t.co/WEp4IJnVqV
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In the podcast: After WWI, Imperial Japan set up the Noborito Research Institute: a division of scientists and technicians to invest in overt & clandestine warfare.
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War, and the threat of war, spurs governments to invest in secret military technologies and weapons. Imperial Japan, ahead of the Second World War, was no exception. After the First World War, Japa…
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Today in the ARB: @Susan_BK reviews “The Stateless Central Asian Merchant: The Life of Haim Aghajan Abraham Based on His Journal 1897-1986” by Dahlia Abraham-Klein https://t.co/xch0sbw77d
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ARB review of “Silk Roads: A Flavor Odyssey with Recipes from Baku to Beijing” by Anna Ansari
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In Silk Roads, food writer Anna Ansari connects areas and cuisines not typically associated in English-language cookbooks, traveling from Beijing, to Baku in Azerbaijan. The closest author/chronicl…
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Today in the ARB: @the_shrewd_soul reviews “12 Years: My Messed-Up Love Story” by Chetan Bhagat @HarperCollinsIN
https://t.co/WEp4IJnVqV
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“City of Fiction” by Yu Hua [ARB review https://t.co/tu3kXQliZP] reviewed in China Books Review
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The bestselling Chinese novelist foregrounds individual suffering in the chaos of modern Chinese history. In his latest novel in translation, gratuitous violence shows the limits of fiction.
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"The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories" by Salman Rushdie reviewed in the Guardian
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From an afterlife fantasy to a tale of loss in Mumbai, death is a recurring theme in this story collection – an echo of the novelist at his peak
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