The book in my hand

A weekly column on what well-known personalities are reading and planning to read.

This week, it is Maneka Gandhi and Perumal Murugan.

Maneka Gandhi

The Book of NothingYajnaseni: The Story of DraupadiPainted Words: An Anthology of Tribal LiteratureThe Year’s Best Science Fiction

I last read The Storyteller’s Tale by Omair Ahmad, one of the most elegant books I have ever read. Next I plan to read A Sequence of Tortures: A Diary of Interrogations by Jamyang Kyi, and Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, my favourite writer.

Maneka Gandhi is Union Minister for Women and Child Development.

Perumal Murugan

Andheri Membaalathil Oru Sandippu,Thaskaran: Maniyanpillayude Atmakadha (Thirudan Maniyan Pillai)Vidambanam

Perumal Murugan is a writer of works including One Part Woman and Pyre .