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The Last Color by Vikas Khanna Bloomsbury, Rs 499

High on idealism, but weak on plot, dialogues

Choti grew up never feeling quite at home in the Nameless House with Pink Walls

29 July 2018 2:17 AM IST

Requiem in Raga Janki by Neelum Saran Gour Penguin Random House, Rs 599

Relationship between a person & her art

Fanning the hearth, or pounding at the pestle or beating the clothes on the stone they will try out what they have...

8 July 2018 1:46 AM IST

Night of Happiness by Tabish Khair, Picador India, Rs 450

A cat and mouse game of reward and punishment

Tabish Khair takes the reader on a journey that forces him to confront big questions.

20 May 2018 1:46 AM IST

Restless Waters of the Ichhamati by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay translated by Rimli Bhattacharya Rupa, Rs 495

Pastoral, prejudiced

Karishma Attari is author of I See You, and Don't Look Down, and runs Shakespeare for Dummies workshops.

22 April 2018 2:31 AM IST

Undying Affinity by Sara Naveed, Penguin Books, Rs 225.

Traditional romance from another era

The boundaries between Zarish and Ahmar's personal and professional relationship dissolves and the result is some...

1 April 2018 1:29 AM IST

The Aryabhata Clan by Sudipto Das, Niyogi Books, Rs 595

Cracking symbols the Dan Brown way

The stakes are high a terrorist group is plotting to destroy India's most significant and recognisable symbol of Mughal...

18 March 2018 1:42 AM IST

Austenistan: The Worlds Favourite Author Goes to Pakistan by Laaleen Sukhera, Bloomsbury, Rs 350.

Struggles to revive the spirit of Austen in Pak

A collection of this kind, celebrating Austen's 200th death anniversary generates its own taglines.

10 Dec 2017 1:06 AM IST

We That Are Young by Preti Taneja Pages 545 Rs 599 Penguin Random House 2017

Book review: King Lear revisited ...in a business clan

There are other versions of the story of this mythological pre-Roman Celtic King Leir of Britain in which good actually...

19 Nov 2017 1:28 AM IST

The Whole Shebang: Sticky Bits of Being a Woman by Lalita Iyer Bloomsbury, Rs 350.

What goes into becoming a real woman

Reading The Whole Shebang makes you nod your head a lot, because it is the ya-ya sisterhood of women that Iyer is...

22 Oct 2017 6:11 AM IST

The Matsya Curse by Shweta Taneja HarperCollins, Rs 399.

Book review: The underbelly of upside-down Delhi

The Matsya Curse is not for the faint hearted, and will delight readers of speculative and fantasy fiction.

6 Aug 2017 2:28 AM IST

My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella Penguin Random House, Rs 599.

Photoshopping a not-so-perfect life in vain

This is a funny, romantic, and at times sobering book about the importance of cultivating authenticity and tenacity both...

11 Jun 2017 1:28 AM IST

Sudhin N. GhoseSudhin N. Ghose

Book review: Rediscovering a master storyteller

Despite spending most of his adult life in Europe, Ghose's fictional world remained the India of his childhood.

30 April 2017 2:11 AM IST