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    Cover photo of Black River by Nilanjana S. Roy (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | The soul of a river, poured into saga of fatherhood and...

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

    20 Nov 2022 1:40 AM IST

    Cover page of The Problem with Everything: My Journey through the New Culture Wars. (Photo By Arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Welcome to the political compass' third dimension

    Meghan Daum is crisp, elegant and wryly humorous, and does not dump her traumas on the reader.

    28 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

    Pebblemonkey By Manindra Gupta. (Image by arrangement)Books
    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 IST

    NewsCover Image of the book Who Is a Parsi? By Prochy Mehta. (Twitter)Books
    Book review | Women need the facts on how to identify a Parsi

    The DNA ancestry report of Parsis in India differs considerably from those of Iranians and Iranian Zoroastrians, reveals...

    29 May 2022 1:37 AM IST

    Cover Image of Scenography: An Indian Perspective by Satyabrata Rout. (Twitter)Books
    Book Review | Indian theatre's silent but astonishing contribution to...

    It will interest the reader to find out about the various kinds of stages, meant to be chosen as per acoustics and...

    10 April 2022 12:31 AM IST

    Shreya Sen-Handley at Stonehenge, Salisbury, UK. (By arrangement with author)Life
    Interview | Neither our homes, nor hearts, are confined to our cozy...

    Travel makes us better people, and the world a better place, says Shreya Sen-Handley

    27 March 2022 12:21 AM IST

    Book Review | Joy, heartbreak, anger: What women writeBooks
    Book Review | Joy, heartbreak, anger: What women write

    In a model case scenario, there should be no reason to have a separate category of women's fiction other than to amplify...

    20 March 2022 12:11 AM IST

    The rickshawwallah pedals us to the arcade where Maa finds her shop, meets her lady friend and conducts her business. (Representational Image/ Pexels.com.)Opinion
    Sucheta Dasgupta | Why can't we be friends?

    Why is women's safety' a bugbear? Is slut-shaming and middle-class paranoia not its effect but its cause?

    13 March 2022 2:46 AM IST

    The Jaipur Literature Festival-2022 ends on March 14, Monday. (Photo: facebook)Opinion
    Sucheta Dasgupta | Festival of ideas

    Big minds jousted spiritedly on JLF-2022's hybrid arena

    12 March 2022 2:24 AM IST

    Cover image of the book The Rossogolla Murders by Debeshi Gooptu. (Twitter)Books
    Book Review | Murders, served with dollops of laughter

    Dolly is suspected of one of the murders and it is up to Mini to don the sleuth's hat and clear her friend's name

    20 Feb 2022 2:30 AM IST

    John Lang: Wanderer of Hindoostan, Slanderer in Hindoostanee, Lawyer for the Ranee By Amit Ranjan. (Amazon Photo)Books
    Book Review | Discovering the Oz author who was lawyer for Rani of...

    In his short life of 48 years, John Lang produced 23 novels, one travelogue, some plays and five volumes of poetry

    20 Nov 2021 7:57 PM IST

    Cover page of Banaras: of Gods, Humans and StoriesBooks
    Book review | Two exquisite odes to a pair of ancient cities

    Part-history, part-travelogue and part-reportage, Biswas and Nabi's extensive work traces the evolution of Shiva's home...

    10 Oct 2021 10:31 AM IST

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