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Book Review | The audacious flight of IndiGo

Book Review | The audacious flight of IndiGo

The story of IndiGo airlines was long overdue and the author has scripted a book just the way a hard-nosed reporter...

27 July 2024 1:39 PM IST

Book Review | So many windows to minds of great Indian poets, seers

Book Review | So many windows to minds of great Indian poets, seers

Welcome to language scholar and sitarist Srinivas Reddy’s distillation of the multifarious texts that together...

27 July 2024 1:31 PM IST

There are 15 other stories in this volume, all worth a dip. Some may not be as compelling as others. Even so, they deserve a read. By Arrangement

Book Review | Crisp whodunits, cute investigators

The first volume is largely a selection of stories of private investigators following the whodunit template as...

13 July 2024 5:41 PM IST

The dark, horrible underbelly of society is there in all its starkness; there are no masks, no euphemisms to protect the reader. Many sections of the book bring a lump to the throat. The tears well up not only at the inhumanness of fellow beings but also with sheer admiration for this indomitable woman, her band of warriors and what they have accomplished. By Arrangement

Book Review | How a girl fought and won against rape culture

While giving detailed descriptions of situations and incidents, Krishnan also introspects with great frankness and...

13 July 2024 5:37 PM IST

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Book Review | Rebirth of a classic on Indian coal town

The prose is fluid and inviting, as it keeps the reader hooked to the seemingly ordinary life of the characters

6 July 2024 12:20 PM IST

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Book Review | Train of nostalgia to '60s Bombay

One story stands out as obvious fiction: it's about a young British lady who visits India to marry a wealthy British man

6 July 2024 12:13 PM IST

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Book Review | A witty biography of the most popular human body part

The English language boasts over 700 terms for the breasts most of them coined by men

6 July 2024 12:09 PM IST

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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