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Book Review | The superheroes of the shore continue to surprise and allure
These shifting battlegrounds are without villains, for the killers take what they need and no more
16 Jul 2022 11:55 PM
Book Review | Novelist’s craft transforms the Jallianwala Bagh story
The truth of fiction is different from the truth of history. It searches different registers, touches different chords
16 Jul 2022 11:55 PM
Book Review | Teach our smaller citizens to know, not ignore, the world
The other tragic story of neglect that is told through these writings is that of the teachers
09 Jul 2022 11:55 PM
Book Review | Exquisite stories that are not for the faint-hearted
While the stories are grisly, even horrific, Malik writes beautifully — like an angel — with imagination, craft and honesty
09 Jul 2022 11:55 PM
Book Review | How a Sikh blazed a trail on a warplane in WWI Flanders
Hardit Singh Malik lived well past 90 and when he passed away, he still carried with him two bullets fired at him by a German fighter pilot
09 Jul 2022 11:55 PM
Book Review | A hunter’s compelling defence, with tips for a more equal world
The ‘bloodthirsty hunter’ in the case was the well-known or notorious — depending on your point of view — hunter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan
03 Jul 2022 5:22 PM
Book Review | Vivid, madcap stories with open endings
Mauzo’s stories not just embrace unconventional themes, they also border on the bizarre, but the best thing is their open-endings
03 Jul 2022 5:11 PM
Book excerpt: How I got the scoop on Lalit Modi’s BCCI exit and went on to broadcast it
That night in April, however, was different. The caller, I have to say in hindsight, influenced the decision-making to a large extent
03 Jul 2022 5:02 PM
Book Review | The mountain lives to tell us what we know and no more
The conversation on climate change is ongoing. Direct in tone but not as powerful, the book adds little to that discourse
26 Jun 2022 12:19 AM
Book Review | How youth is misspent in Kumbakonam
The acclaimed Tamil novel 'Pasitha Manidam', set in the Tamil heartland, is about human nature with its blemishes and beauty
26 Jun 2022 12:12 AM
Book Excerpt: The many unlooked-for advantages of speaking Bangla and Sanskrit
The book is an annotated edition of parts of 33 long letters I wrote my parents between 1963 and 1964 during my stay in India
26 Jun 2022 12:06 AM
24 startling stories begging to be reread...
'Over the Edge' is like having an entire meal of short-eats or starters, each snack is fulfilling and tasty by itself
18 Jun 2022 11:56 PM
Book excerpt: India needs to learn about this intrepid ‘queen’ of N-E
Excerpt from 'Rani Gaidinliu: Legendary Freedom Fighter from the Northeast'
18 Jun 2022 11:52 PM
Book Review | Climate fantasy that captivates and concerns
Sinha preserves his voice in this work and deserves to be congratulated for presenting this literary gem to readers
18 Jun 2022 11:47 PM
Book Review | Ambitious sci-fi certain to entertain
A system developed to end corruption and ruin ironically ends in chaos
12 Jun 2022 2:48 PM
Boom Review | Editor’s memoir uncovers large-scale media rot
Banerjee’s Editor Missing manages to hold the mirror to Indian media
12 Jun 2022 2:45 PM
Book Review | Writer turns diarist, maps his own matrix of thoughts
It’s a small book, sprinkled lightly with insight, with moments of intimacy and of honesty
12 Jun 2022 2:42 PM
Book Review | Articulating India’s dance vocabularies of desire
Captivating photographs add value to this volume
05 Jun 2022 11:49 AM
Book Review | Warm and funny portrayal of the strifes that bind
While things fall apart during the course of the novel, they come together again in a manner that is a bit too pat.
05 Jun 2022 11:08 AM
Book Review | G.N. Saibaba’s testimony of agony and hope
This book is not a legal scrutiny of the unfair verdict
05 Jun 2022 10:46 AM
Columns
Political discourse swirls around the dilemma of wealth tax policy in India
Chief Minister's minimalist approach leaves key commissions vacant
Critique of exam-centric education system urges for reforms to preserve childhood and promote holistic learning
Amid Foreign Policy Successes, China's Assertiveness Remains Conspicuously Absent from Political Discourse