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Book Review | Smell the spirit of Bombay in the margins of these gritty stories
Potkar’s book with its exquisite use of catalogue, language that soothes and stabs, and sharp observations, is a sumptuous read
12 Sep 2021 1:28 AM
Book Review | When memory refracts into gripping fiction
It is the story of a 15-year-old bride in 1929 and her 18-year-old great grandson
29 Aug 2021 1:43 AM
Book Review | Finely rendered study of grief offset by predictable politics
The narrative deliciously dips into different times in the characters’ lives, never disrupting the flow
29 Aug 2021 1:27 AM
Book Review | Trippy reverie on Stalinism, sexism, Delhi and death of the soul
It is also an account of how group rights come to impinge on individual freedoms
29 Aug 2021 1:08 AM
A melange of insights that elate and sadden
Sen uses his voice to bring home every atrocity we have wrought on this planet, on ourselves and our lives
18 Jul 2021 2:43 AM
The humour and romance of being in Karuthupuzha
The Oracle of Karuthupuzha has all the elements to make it the perfect book of fiction to ‘escape’ into during a pandemic
18 Jul 2021 1:49 AM
Muslims are ‘geographical Hindus’
For dialogue to succeed between Muslims and RSS-oriented Hindus, it is imperative for both sides to admit that there exist misgivings
18 Jul 2021 1:41 AM
Congruity, not clash, of civilisations is at root of Sen’s academic vision
He found distinguished Cambridge economists less concerned about issues like inequality, poverty and exploitation
18 Jul 2021 1:19 AM
Book Review | Free speech, fake news & the Indian press
For the sake of authenticity, the author, a newspaper industry veteran, restricts his scrutiny to the print media
04 Jul 2021 3:31 AM
Book Review | Resurrecting, in mind’s eye, a living Red Fort
While much of the book and its many short sections tend to be somewhat disjointed and faltering, as we approach the end, things change
04 Jul 2021 3:25 AM
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