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Soumya Bhattacharya
About the AuthorSoumya Bhattacharya
Soumya Bhattacharya is the author of six acclaimed books of fiction, non-fiction, and memoir, the latest being the novel, Thirteen Kinds of Love.
    The Last Devil to Die. (Image: DC)Books
    Four 80-year-old friends solve cases for a lark

    Film rights have been bought by Steven Spielberg

    22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India, By Manoj MittaBooks
    Legal life of caste explodes myths, gives unsung reform heroes due

    Caste Pride may not have been intended about organised violence against dalits

    24 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

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    Book Review | White is might in opium memoir that unmasks Britain,...

    In Smoke and Ashes, his new book of nonfiction, Ghosh returns to opium.

    6 Aug 2023 12:16 AM IST

    Cover photo of The Scientific Sufi: The Life and Times of Jagadish Chandra Bose by Meher Wan. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Jagadish Bose, idealist who shone against odds

    Wan is strong at delineating the overwhelming odds Bose had to overcome all through his life.

    16 July 2023 12:01 AM IST

    Cover photo of Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    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 IST

    Cover photo of The Cook by Ajay Chowdhury. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    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 IST

    Cover photo of The Miracle Makers: Indian Crickets Greatest Epic by Bharat Sundaresan with Gaurav Joshi. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | A lively, intimate record of an epic cricket series

    Cover photo of 'The Miracle Makers: Indian Cricket's Greatest Epic' by Bharat Sundaresan with Gaurav Joshi

    19 March 2023 12:06 AM IST

    Cover photo of The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Sensuous, meditative, Pico falters around people, but...

    Kashmir and Broome are the parts when The Half Known Life is at its best. It suffers when the people Iyer meets do not...

    19 Feb 2023 12:49 AM IST

    Cover photo of Lessons by Ian McEwan. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Ambitious epic of a drifter has few surprises

    The inner life of a 1940s-born dilettante records filial emotions with fidelity but doesn't quite earn the scale on...

    15 Jan 2023 12:37 AM IST

    Cover photo of The Jealousy Man by Jo Nesbo (Photo by arrangement)Books
    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 IST

    Cover photo of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Narrating the Lankan experience in guise of a...

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

    13 Nov 2022 1:27 AM IST

    Cover photo of The Birth Lottery and Other Surprises by Shehan Karunatilaka (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Discoveries from the desk of a Booker winner

    These stories remind us of the author of the DSC Prize winning Chinaman and the Booker Prize winning The Seven Moons of...

    23 Oct 2022 1:21 AM IST

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