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Book Review | Independent at 70 and ditzy in a black dress

While the book may not be a ‘must read’, it’s definitely a ‘should read’

24 Dec 2022 11:55 PM

The Best Book I Read In 2022

As the year draws to a close, we ask authors to name titles that left an impression on them. Here are their responses

24 Dec 2022 11:18 PM

Book Review | A treat for literary fiction lovers set in turn-of-century Bombay

Tatya’s story traverses the textile industry in India during the First World War

17 Dec 2022 1:15 PM

Book Review | Not your typical desi-goes-to-America novel

Teenage angst ingrained in the story makes it all the more hilarious and annoying

17 Dec 2022 1:10 PM

Book Review | Hefty and immersive, whydunit leaves questions in wake

Review of 'Lady Joker, Volume One' by Kaoru Takamura

11 Dec 2022 1:40 AM

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Book Review | Folk heroes take precedence over icons, wording of title still curious

Review of 'Bravehearts of Bharat' by Vikram Sampath

11 Dec 2022 1:40 AM

Book Review | A Norwegian master on the heat of the moment

Review of 'The Jealousy Man' by Jo Nesbo

11 Dec 2022 1:35 AM

Book Review | How Anglo-Indians transformed India

The book covers much more than the things I’ve described, of course. It is as comprehensive as any book about any community can be

04 Dec 2022 8:09 AM

Book Review | Bose revisited: Whose Netaji is he anyway?

Krishna Bose was an authority on Netaji’s life and times and is the author of several books on him

04 Dec 2022 8:03 AM

Book Review | Understanding the beef over cow politics

The author laments that the National Crime Records Bureau has nothing on lynching, cow slaughter crimes and crimes registered for beef ban

04 Dec 2022 7:57 AM

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Book on Chipko movement wins Kamaladevi Prize

The winner receives a cash award of Rs 15 lakhs, a trophy and a citation

02 Dec 2022 6:25 PM

Book Review | People aren’t too different, in Mumbai or in U.S.

Book Review of 'Border Less' by Namrata Poddar

27 Nov 2022 1:47 AM

Book Review | Love tangles with family as Great Calcutta Killings rage

Book Review of 'Independence' by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

27 Nov 2022 1:44 AM

Book Review | India@75: Talking heads take stock, list challenges

Book Review of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: India@75' edited by Surendra Kumar

27 Nov 2022 1:42 AM

Book Review | The soul of a river, poured into saga of fatherhood and crime

Roy’s success lies in the fact that it is actually comforting to read her work not just for the clarity but also the beauty it generates

20 Nov 2022 1:40 AM

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Book Review | Quasi-autobiographical & sanitised trip back to 1980s’ Mumbai

There’s a disquieting view of the country’s education system, as Yuri discovers in preparing for the tuitions that generate his income

20 Nov 2022 1:38 AM

Book Review | Who’s afraid of growing old?

The book, strangely, given my pessimism about ageing, made me smile

20 Nov 2022 1:35 AM

Book Review | Diary of 17-yr-old girl of Netaji’s INA evokes Bengal’s heady past

Review of 'The War Diary of Asha-San' by Lt Bharati ‘Asha’ Sahay Choudhry

13 Nov 2022 1:30 AM

Book Review | Narrating the Lankan experience in guise of a supernatural thriller

Review of 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' by Shehan Karunatilaka

13 Nov 2022 1:27 AM

Book Review | Was Ambedkar Gandhi’s best critic or worst?

Review of 'Ambedkar: A Life by Shashi Tharoor'

06 Nov 2022 1:58 AM

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