Friday, Mar 29, 2024 | Last Update : 01:14 PM IST

  Books

Books Page-7

Book Review | Sketch of two charismatic PMs whose errors cost India dearly

The author relates with honesty the flaws and strengths Rajiv Gandhi, then seen as ‘India’s John F Kennedy’.

25 Jun 2023 12:50 AM

Book Review | Rural India gets ready for a feminist romp

While the book starts off all sedate and serious, the author suddenly decides to let her hair down and turns it into a full blown romp

25 Jun 2023 12:45 AM

Book Review | The Viraraghavans of Kodaikanal and their zany roses

'Roses in the Fire of Spring' is both a tribute and documentation of the work of two intrepid rosarians

25 Jun 2023 12:43 AM

Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 to be conferred on Gita Press

Gita Press is one of the world's largest publishers, having published 41.7 crore books in 14 languages

19 Jun 2023 12:52 AM

Book Review | Elephant fable packs an environment message

This story of good and evil is also the story of finding one’s hidden strength in the midst of trying times.

18 Jun 2023 7:04 AM

ADVERTISEMENT

Book Review | The pioneering and pivotal thought of Anaximander

Rovelli makes it clear from the beginning that this book is not the history of the discoveries of Anaximander.

18 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

Book Review | Vintage Atwood in 7 elegant sketches of family, loss!

Old Babes in the Wood is at its shimmering best in a set of linked stories about a couple, Nell and Tig.

18 Jun 2023 12:03 AM

Book Review | A refreshingly original fiction on power of ragas

The short easy read is a mere 137 pages, but laudably, refreshingly original.

04 Jun 2023 12:41 AM

Book Review | Convention-bound aesthetic, too many subplots clutter up big picture

Historically significant characters flit in and out of the book.

04 Jun 2023 12:37 AM

Book Review | The Guantanamo trauma and Abu Zubaydah’s unbearable secrets

Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy are two of the world’s best known investigative writers with several acclaimed books to their name.

04 Jun 2023 12:31 AM

ADVERTISEMENT

Book Review | Talking Indo-Pak peace on the back channel with open eyes

The special thing is that from the facts before him, Lambah has produced a new way of seeing.

28 May 2023 12:46 AM

Book Review | So many reasons to love these proud women of Jasmine Villa...

Wajid puts her heroines through emotional turmoil. The writing is decent with good surprise twists in the plot that take the readers unaware

28 May 2023 12:10 AM

Book Review | Krishnagopal Mallick, an unsung literary pioneer

The credit for ‘discovering’ Krishnagopal Mallick goes to university professor and novelist Niladri R. Chatterjee

28 May 2023 12:10 AM

Book Review | Trump’s strong right arm packed a punch when it came to China

Pompeo admits that his China policy was not as successful as he might have hoped & maintains the efforts to contain China must be continued.

21 May 2023 12:33 AM

Book Review | Poignant trip across friendships, philosophies and ties that bind...

Wry humour runs in and out through the stories, lifting the mood, sometimes even in a macabre manner at a funeral!

21 May 2023 12:16 AM

ADVERTISEMENT

Book Review | Stoically observing the faults and follies of India’s first ‘Teflon PM’

The challenge that Prabhakar faces is how to shame a government for its forgivable & unforgivable lapses because of its propaganda din.

14 May 2023 12:24 AM

Book Review | A sex worker’s son navigates his dilemmas in this compelling debut

It effortlessly covers a substantial part of history, and the lives of many people.

14 May 2023 12:20 AM

Book Review | Kolkata ex-cop in Brick Lane finds redemption

The knottiness of the plot and the swelling, sustained suspense alone are worth the price of admission.

14 May 2023 12:17 AM

Book Review | An insightful biography of a Hindi thought pioneer

The book is both an inner quest and a critical history.

07 May 2023 1:07 AM

Book Review | 1980s: The decade of kitsch and melodrama in Bollywood cinema

The author of this engrossing book was in college at that time and cinema was his passion.

07 May 2023 1:03 AM

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT