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Cover photo of Moms in the Wild by Nidhi Raichand. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The cut-throat world of momfluencers

Raichand has taken a contemporary theme, that of the fiercely competitive world of social media influencers, and weaved...

30 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

Cover photo of Azaad: An Autobiography by Ghulam Nabi Azad. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | None too comfortable revelations from a Congress Party...

In Azad's telling he and Sonia Gandhi had a great working equation.

23 April 2023 12:51 AM IST

Cover photo of The Laughter by Sonora Jha. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Culture wars (in a US varsity) and the price of clarity

10 days after I closed the book, I still feel as though it ran me over with a lorry.

23 April 2023 12:47 AM IST

Cover photo of The Inexact Room by Salil Chaturvedi. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Surrealistic pieces crafted inexactly

Against this predictability and contrivance stand the occasional rhythm to the words, the touches of whimsy, a few...

23 April 2023 12:01 AM IST

Cover photo of Azaad: An Autobiobiography by Ghulam Nabi Azad. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Excerpt | How Mufti hijacked mandate, outflanked Congress to be...

Excerpt from 'Azaad: An Autobiobiography' by Ghulam Nabi Azad.

16 April 2023 12:55 AM IST

Cover photo by Following a Prayer by Sundar Sarukkai. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Three little girls go looking for meaning

Warmth, humour, playfulness, earthiness, and intelligence shine out of this absolutely charming book.

16 April 2023 12:52 AM IST

Cover photo of One Small Voice by Santanu Bhattacharya. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | One young Indian maps changing nation, finds hope amid...

The book is a grim reminder of what happens when one remains silent the toll it exacts on both the silencer and the...

16 April 2023 12:35 AM IST

Cover photo of The Indian President: An Insiders Account of the Zail Singh Years by K.C. Singh. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | How a family retainer' reinvented himself to be an...

The biggest challenges that Zail Singh faced were during the Army operation in the Golden Temple

9 April 2023 12:30 AM IST

Cover photo of Maulana Azad: A Life by S. Irfan Habib. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Anti-colonial thinker who gave the lie to Islamic...

Brilliant minds came forth as India experienced colonial modernity, and Maulana Azad certainly has a place among the...

9 April 2023 12:28 AM IST

Cover photo of The Forsaken Wilderness by Vivaan Shah. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Florid, lurid, turgid mountaineering fantasy

The Forsaken Wilderness is the story of Barkat Singh Randhawa, a civil engineer by profession.

9 April 2023 12:25 AM IST

Cover photo of A Resurgent Northeast: Narratives of Change by Ashish Kundra. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Northeast a happening place... a bureaucrat explains why

It is the first-hand experience in India's northeastern states that makes Ashish Kundra's book,an exceptional read.

2 April 2023 12:56 AM IST

Cover photo of The Book Beautiful A Memoir of Collecting Rare and Fine Books by Pradeep Sebastian. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Oh, the joy of the book hunt, the thrill of wishful...

Can we be treated to a display and exhibition of Pradeep's collection?

2 April 2023 12:52 AM IST