A Thousand Cranes for India: Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred
In Japan there is a legend that anyone who folds one thousand paper…
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Babies and Bylines
Pallavi Aiyar is a hard-nosed, award-winning foreign correspondent. She’s used to working in…
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Punjabi Parmesan
When after several years in China, journalist Pallavi Aiyar moves to Brussels, the…
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Reviews
Wrapped in the riddle of the Middle Kingdom
A landmark...Aiyar seamlessly combines reportage and analysis.
Smoke and Mirrors: Review
With grace and humour, Aiyar brings to life what would otherwise have been dreary explanations of Chinese culture...Don't skip this one.
Smoke and Mirrors: Review
An Indian window has finally been opened onto contemporary China...a witty, insightful and profound book...It deserves to be widely read in India and around…
Cats and Comrades
The book, in a humane and funny manner, literally gives a voice to animals and thus allows an outside perspective on humans.
Delhi’s air pollution: What China got right and where we fall behind
Aiyar, a journalist who’s lived and reported from some of the most polluted cities in the world, including Beijing and Jakarta, argues that many…
Gasping for clean air: Extract.
Choked shows that no matter how hard parents work to ensure the best schooling and nutrition for their kids, the most-taken-for-granted element remains poisonous
Breathing Uneasy
Aiyar’s book is a good example of how one can tackle a complex and statistically-loaded subject...It is simply, yet effectively, argued and blends the…
Pallavi Aiyar’s ‘Choked!’ exposes how India inhales polluted air at home
Aiyar’s book makes clear is that ...we need to urgently develop a more panoramic perspective on air pollution in the country – one that…
The Globalist Top Ten Books of 2016
Choked ranked 2 of top ten books in 2016 by the Globalist.
Excerpt
In Choked!, author Pallavi Aiyar explores what it’s like to take care of a child, find employment, experience privilege and explore belonging in one of these…