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Cover photo of The Life and Times of George Fernandes By Rahul Ramagundam (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | The success and sacrifice of India's last political hero

Excerpt from The Life and Times of George Fernandes By Rahul Ramagundam

18 Sept 2022 1:25 AM IST

Cover page of The Magicians of Mazda By Ashwin Sanghi. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | Mazda & the allure of Persian mythology...

The story starts with a thief breaking into the British museum to steal the Cyrus Cylinder, a relic of Cyrus the Great...

11 Sept 2022 1:51 AM IST

Cover page of In Search of the Pitcher of Nectar By Samaresh Basu. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Excerpt | Some seek song, others salvation, still others wealth...

Excerpt from In Search of the Pitcher of Nectar By Samaresh Basu

11 Sept 2022 1:35 AM IST

Cover page of The Last War By Pravin Sawhney. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | Let's make peace with China and Pak, cozy up to Russia

Excerpt from The Last War By Pravin Sawhney

11 Sept 2022 1:13 AM IST

Cover page of Breaking Free by Vaasanthi. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | Love, and the dilemmas of devadasi life

A novel that beautifully echoes the sentiment of the Devadasi community

4 Sept 2022 2:13 AM IST

Cover page of The Inconceivable Idea of the Sun by Anil Menon. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | A cleverly wound string of quirky-witty mindbenders

Everything in this quirky speculative fiction is about a search for essence

4 Sept 2022 2:08 AM IST

Cover page of Hul! Hul! by Peter Stanley. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Excerpt | Military lens from Raj justifies relook at the Santhal...

Excerpt from Hul! Hul! by Peter Stanley

4 Sept 2022 2:03 AM IST

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Book Review | A Bengali professor unscrambles the riddle of Berlin

A conversation with a friend who has returned from abroad and recounts his experiences

28 Aug 2022 12:03 AM IST

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Book Review | Welcome to the political compass' third dimension

Meghan Daum is crisp, elegant and wryly humorous, and does not dump her traumas on the reader.

28 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

Cover page of Dadamoni: The Life and Times of Ashok Kumar. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | First among the equals of Old Bollywood's heroes

Despite its hagiographic tone, Ashok Kumar's biography is genuinely informative, perceptive and loving.

28 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

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Modi: The man who changed India's politics

The book, Modi@20, Dreams Meet Delivery, is about his journey from Gujarat chief minister to the Prime Minister of India

21 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

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Mending the loss of innocence with hard-won wisdom

Arjun Raj Gaind in his book tells the story of Punjab a land that has witnessed Jallianwala Bagh massacre and has been...

21 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST