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Book Review | Pakistan, to a woman’s eyesBooks
Book Review | Pakistan, to a woman’s eyes

A Pakistan posting for an Indian diplomat is both a challenge and an opportunity of a lifetime. It is doubly...

31 Aug 2024 8:22 AM

Book Review | First-wave Indian feminist who was multi-talentedBooks
Book Review | First-wave Indian feminist who was multi-talented

I write this review with mixed feelings. I asked for this book, because Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay is such an...

31 Aug 2024 8:16 AM

Book Review | Punjabi social realism, subtle & hard-hittingBooks
Book Review | Punjabi social realism, subtle & hard-hitting

Hard-hitting is a mild word for this collection of short stories by Hindi author and playwright Swadesh...

31 Aug 2024 8:10 AM

Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in DelhiBooks
Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in Delhi

Originally a ‘semi-desert’, the history of Delhi can be traced through its gardens. The very first trees planted...

3 Aug 2024 5:55 AM

Jadu seems destined to succeed. His mother, pregnant with him, survives a cobra bite, delivers him, and, in later years, delivers two more children, both girls, one of whom dies after a mysterious encounter with a fox . DC ImageBooks
Book Review | The '30s-born Bihari man's best life

Book Review | The '30s-born Bihari man's best life

13 July 2024 11:57 AM

Book Review | The Underdog Also Walks In SpaceBooks
Book Review | The Underdog Also Walks In Space

While India did all that for a fraction of the money other countries poured into their ventures, mere finances isn’t the...

31 May 2025 8:46 AM

Book Review | Story of Indian Independence’s ‘Real’ First WarBooks
Book Review | Story of Indian Independence’s ‘Real’ First War

A novel, no doubt, but what no one knows is that it did refer to India’s first war of Independence. Not the Sepoy Mutiny...

31 May 2025 8:37 AM

Book Review | How Literature Rent The Iron CurtainBooks
Book Review | How Literature Rent The Iron Curtain

Not only that, ideas have and continue to be used by governments and other powerful institutions to further their...

31 May 2025 8:27 AM

Book Review | The Hidden Histories of Indian LanguagesBooks
Book Review | The Hidden Histories of Indian Languages

In the second half, a shift in focus takes place, and the southern Indian languages are inquired into. The cultural...

24 May 2025 7:26 AM

Book Review | Refreshing Portrait of a Cult Figure in Carnatic MusicBooks
Book Review | Refreshing Portrait of a Cult Figure in Carnatic Music

Through the book Sanjay comes across as a very hard-working sincere musician who is intelligent enough to reinvent...

24 May 2025 7:21 AM

Book Review | Rajaji Effect Strong in MemoirBooks
Book Review | Rajaji Effect Strong in Memoir

Arguably the best part of the book — for those who seek to understand how things work on the inside — is its second half

24 May 2025 7:19 AM

Book Review | In The Shallows Of Family SecretsBooks
Book Review | In The Shallows Of Family Secrets

Even as Govil sensitively renders the inner life of these characters, the orbit of their every day is left unrealised

17 May 2025 8:13 AM

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