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Brown Baby NIKESH SHUKLA (BLUEBIRD, 256 PP, £16.99) Tablet bookshop price £15.29 • tel 020 7799 4064 Not so long ago, the writer Nikesh Shukla found himself appealing to the emptiness of the night, “Mum, how do I raise a brown baby?” This book is a tribute to his late mother, written for his daughter, whom he tenderly calls his Ganga – the name of the Hindu goddess represented by the Ganges River where worshippers wash away their sins and free themselves from the cycle of li