New Arrivals in Habitat Library & Research Centre

The following titles will be on display on the New Arrivals shelf until April 23, 2026. You are welcome to reserve a book, if you wish to borrow any of them. Reservations will be entertained on a first-come, first served basis and do remember that if you have reserved more than one title, you will be given preference only on one. May we remind you that now you can also reserve the books through WEBOPAC from our website: www.indiahabitat.org

Anthology



Riverside stories: writings from Assam / Banamallika, ed.

-- New Delhi: Zubaan, 2024

Autobiography, Biography and Memoir



An Accidental lawyer: my adventures in law and life / Venugopal, K. K.

-- Gurugram: Penguin Random House, 2025



Farewell Karachi: a partition memoir / Somaaya, Bhawana.

-- New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2025
New Delhi: Rupa, 2024




Madam Sir: the story of Bihar's first lady IPS officer / Jaruhar, Manjari.

-- Gurugram: Penguin Random House, 2022
New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2024



Talat Mahmood: the definitive biography / Zaman, Sahar.

-- [Notion Press], 2023



'They will shoot you, Madam': my life through conflict / Baweja, Harinder.

-- New Delhi: Roli, 2026

Environment



My head for a tree: the extraordinary story of the Bishnoi, the world’s first eco-warriors / Goodman, Martin.

-- London: Profile Books, 2025

Fiction



Of pegs, palaces and the people: a journey through Punjab's royal legends and living lore / Narang, Harshit. 2025



The Unbecoming: let life reveal its purpose: a novel / Vajpai, Kartikeya.

-- Gurugram: Penguin Random House, 2025

History



Invasion: Russia’s bloody war and Ukraine’s fight for survival / Harding, Luke.

-- London: Guardian Faber, 2023



The Tamils: a portrait of a community / Lakshman, Nirmala.

– New Delhi: Aleph, 2025

Management



Go further, faster: shaping a life that matters / Raghavan, Lulu.

-- New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2024

Mythology



The Cave of echoes: stories about Gods, animals and other strangers / Doniger, Wendy.

-- New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2025

Politics and Government



Nationalism in India: texts and contexts / Biswas, Debajyoti, ed.

-- Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2026



Resisting military rule in Burma (1988–2024): story of Mizzima Media: born in exile, banned in Myanmar / Haksar, Nandita.

-- Delhi: Aakar Books, 2025



The Backstage of democracy: India's election campaigns and the people who manage them / Sharma, Amogh Dhar.

-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Psychology



Breaking the habit of being yourself: how to lose your mind and create a new one / Dispenza, Joe.

-- New Delhi: Hay House, 2026

Science



The Great nerve: the new science of the vagus nerve / Tracey, Kevin.

-- London: Penguin Books, 2026



The Sexual evolution: how 500 million years of sex, gender, and mating shape modern relationships / Lents, Nathan H.

-- Edinburgh: Canongate, 2025

Social Science



Making the 'woman': discourses of gender in 18th-19th-century India / Dutta, Sutapa, ed.

-- Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2024

Authors’ Corner



Arora, Rohin (A-3527)

From tuk-tuks to lions: a comedy of travels. -- White Falcon, 2025



Chadha, Narender K. (A-6983)

Emotional intelligence: swayam ko samajhne ki kala. -- Delhi: The Readers Paradise, 2026



Chandra, Satish (A-5369)

India-Pakistan relations: a saga of unending disputes. -- New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2025



Kashyap, Neera (A-1557-S)

The Art of unboxing. -- New Delhi: Red River, 2025



Misra, Prabhu Nath (A-5289)

Satta ka galiyara. -- Lucknow, 2025



Narain, Shobha, tr. (A-9759)

The Time traveller and other poems / Kashyap, Madan. -- Delhi: Pharos Books, 2026



Pandey, Ashok Kumar (IN-2517)

Igniting a billion lamps: timeless lessons from Narendra Modi's life to inspire India's next generation of young leaders. -- New Delhi: Pitambar Publishing Company, 2026

Award Winning Section



Greek lessons / Kang, Han.

-- London: Penguin, 2024



The Persians / Mahloudji, Sanam.

-- London: 4th Estate, 2025



Why we die: the new science of ageing and the quest for immortality / Ramakrishnan, Venki.

-- Great Britain: Hodder Press, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, 2025

Delhi Documenta



Delhi: a nature journal / Kumar-Jain, Anuradha.

-- New Delhi: Rupa, 2024



White lilies: an essay on grief / Krishnan, Vidya.

-- Chennai: Tranquebar, an imprint of Westland, 2025

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