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Book Review | Apocalypse when, asks this brief history of superbugs

A must-read, and not only for science buffs

29 Jun 2024 1:04 PM IST

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Book Review | How the MEA was knocked together

The book's range and recounting of many little-known diplomatic episodes make it an interesting and educative read

29 Jun 2024 12:58 PM IST

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Book Review | How to secretly woo your bestie!

To me, The Remains of the Body is an intriguing work. While the story centres on love, there's no romance in it at all

29 Jun 2024 12:36 PM IST

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Book Review | How to navigate a mixed-race identity

Jassa Ahluwalia, clearly, has not just sat around wanting to be accepted, but has read books and met people, and...

22 Jun 2024 12:30 PM IST

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Book Review | Patriots who were friends too

Independence. At the centre of the circle was perhaps the most modern woman in India of those times Sarojini Naidu

22 Jun 2024 12:10 PM IST

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Book Review | Armchair economics! This room is all elephant

The book's omissions are glaring, leaving critical gaps in its analysis of India's economic landscape

22 Jun 2024 11:52 AM IST

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Book Review | Of Feluda, dry days': A whimsical look, but serious too

Though the slim volume is thick with cultural cross-references, it is the pop culture stardust of Bengal, Hazra's...

15 Jun 2024 12:59 PM IST

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Book Review | The voice of the Nepali American

Ranjan Adiga, both as a writer and as a Nepali-American, has always been fairly vocal about the contemporary issues...

15 Jun 2024 12:25 PM IST

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Book Review | A capitalist's diagnosis of what ails capitalism

Sharma paints a vivid picture of the story of market crises, especially the 2008-09 financial markets meltdown

15 Jun 2024 12:18 PM IST

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Book Review | Hyper-real horror-mystery set in fundamentalist universe

This book is an excellent lesson on how religious outfits prey on students

9 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Book Review | India-Pak: Is peace via dialogue flawed?

An insightful dialogue between the two former spooks recorded in the form of a book

9 Jun 2024 12:05 AM IST

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Book Review | China standoff at LAC to boomerang on itself

China's LAC stand-off may actually be a nightmare for its never-tested-in-battle troops

9 Jun 2024 12:04 AM IST