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Books | The Asian Age
Book excerpt | This in-between space of destruction and desire
Excerpted from 'The Black Magic Women: Stories from Northeast India', short story titled 'Mayur Vihar'
22 May 2022 2:06 AM
Book Review | History of Indian nation-building from the standpoint of Rahul Bajaj
There are three ways to understand the country’s journey — textbooks, history books and biographies of well-known personalities
22 May 2022 1:20 AM
Book Review | Of death’s grim reapers, their wishes, hurts and revelations
James' 7th novel, and 2nd to be translated into English, is a deep meditation on time and the chaos that ensues when it is annihilated
22 May 2022 1:04 AM
Book excerpt | When inexplicable things, strangely, don’t happen only to others...
I raised my hand to wave her goodbye, but grabbed my arm and pulled me closer
15 May 2022 12:42 AM
Book Review | Chronicle of a ‘normal’ murder, foretold staggeringly
While the theme may seem predictable, crime & retribution, it unfolds in surprising ways and that ultimately, is the strength of this novel
15 May 2022 12:41 AM
Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie
The mirror is not just a something to see one’s reflection in, it’s also symbolic of looking deep into one’s soul
08 May 2022 11:59 AM
Sridhar Balan | Raising a toast to the golden storytelling legacy of Tbilisi
Each toast no doubt comprised a story about the happy couple
08 May 2022 11:41 AM
Book Review | In praise of Modi’s calibrated risk-taking on the security front
The author sees PM Modi as the man of the hour, the man of destiny, who has completely altered India’s security and strategic perspective
08 May 2022 11:31 AM
Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie
The main character Noomi Wadia is a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, bright Parsi woman
08 May 2022 11:22 AM
Raising a toast to the golden storytelling legacy of Tbilisi
The world book capital was an initiative started by Unesco in 2001 after the idea was mooted first in Madrid in 1995
08 May 2022 11:13 AM
Book Review | Joining the dots to complete Partition puzzle
Whatever it resulted in was a course of events for which India is dearly paying till date
01 May 2022 12:55 AM
Book Excerpt | How visiting Antwerp and keeping my word transformed my life
Before it was known for its diamonds, Antwerp was the most important trading and financial centre in Western Europe
01 May 2022 12:35 AM
book Review | Relook at Netaji, the inconvenient one who made all the hard choices
After all, he did more in two decades than most other heroes achieved in a lifetime
01 May 2022 12:26 AM
Book Review | Biography of AMU reflects quest of the Indian Muslim
The book’s everlasting impact on a young reader like me lies in the part that describes the struggles for any creative mind
01 May 2022 12:23 AM
Book excerpt | Walking through the Indo-Malaysian rainforests infested by humans
Deben knew there was a strange trust between them, and he was secretly pleased when the villagers teased him about his elephant
24 Apr 2022 12:57 AM
Book Review | Good journalism shows difference between history, Hindutva legend
Jha traces the journey of Gandhi’s killer from the latter’s childhood in a story-telling format
24 Apr 2022 12:57 AM
Book Review | Lesbian girl’s family drama let down by plot device
Nawaaz Ahmed has a gift for the language that will likely brighten with usage, as he grows in simplicity and wisdom
24 Apr 2022 12:43 AM
Book Review | Of writers, ghostwriters and the magic of written words
This book is the result of a sportswriter turning his lens on to literature
17 Apr 2022 12:44 AM
Book Review | A Sultan who made schoolgirls proud
Meena Arora Nayak has added flesh, bones, and a magnetic personality to Sultan Razziat in this enthralling work of historical fiction
17 Apr 2022 12:31 AM
Book Excerpt | Isn’t audience to blame for consuming lies spread on reality shows?
I did have my voice and an ability to share my version of reality with the media and on my own social media platforms
17 Apr 2022 12:10 AM
Columns
Bandi Sanjay was able to bring Central funds to the extent of Rs 5,458 crore for various developmental projects in his constituency
Like the 1770 famine which heralded the West’s arrival on Indian soil, the British departure from the East too saw the worst of all famines
Parliament has the right to repeal the Places of Worship Act, and indeed some people in the BJP have been asking for this to happen
The White House describes the Quad as only 'a premier regional grouping… on issues that matter to the Indo-Pacific'