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Cover image of the book Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us about Modern India by Rukmini S. (Twitter)

Book Review | Why the hardest' journalism is exactly what matters most

Rather than fix our data collection problems, the pandemic only made them worse

29 May 2022 12:49 AM IST

Cover image of the book The Black Magic Women: Stories from Northeast India by Moushumi Kandali. (By Arrangement)

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 IST

Cover image of the book Rahul Bajaj: An Extraordinary Life By Gita Piramal. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | History of Indian nation-building from the standpoint of...

There are three ways to understand the country's journey textbooks, history books and biographies of well-known...

22 May 2022 1:20 AM IST

Cover image of Anti-Clock by V.J. James, translated by Ministhy S. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Of death's grim reapers, their wishes, hurts and...

James' 7th novel, and 2nd to be translated into English, is a deep meditation on time and the chaos that ensues when it...

22 May 2022 1:04 AM IST

NewsCover image of the book Nautanki Sala and Other Stories. (By Arrangement)

Book excerpt | When inexplicable things, strangely, don't happen only...

I raised my hand to wave her goodbye, but grabbed my arm and pulled me closer

15 May 2022 12:42 AM IST

Cover image of the book Villainy by Upamanyu Chatterjee. (By Arrangement)

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...

15 May 2022 12:41 AM IST

Cover Image of the book A Mirror Made of Rain by Naheed Phiroze Patel. (By Arrangement)

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

8 May 2022 11:59 AM IST

Sculpture of toastmaster. (By Arrangement)

Sridhar Balan | Raising a toast to the golden storytelling legacy of...

Each toast no doubt comprised a story about the happy couple

8 May 2022 11:41 AM IST

Cover image of Crunch Time: Narendra Modis National Security Crises

Book Review | In praise of Modi's calibrated risk-taking on the...

The author sees PM Modi as the man of the hour, the man of destiny, who has completely altered India's security and...

8 May 2022 11:31 AM IST

Cover image of a mirror made of rain

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

8 May 2022 11:22 AM IST

Tamada, the toastmaster. (Photo credit: Sridhar Balan)

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

8 May 2022 11:13 AM IST

Cover image of Dark Secrets: Politics, Intrigue and Proxy Wars in Kashmir by Iqbal Chand Malhotra. (By Arrangement)

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

1 May 2022 12:55 AM IST