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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
Book Review | Too many frivolous details spoil a cleverly conceptualised spy thriller
Mehrishi does a good job of bringing all the strands of the story together at the end, and throws in a bonus surprise as well.
07 May 2023 1:00 AM
Book Review | Rising beyond personal losses
The three-part book invites you to discover each of the three entwined phenomena of grief, growth and grace.
06 May 2023 12:36 AM
Book Review | Entrepreneur couple promotes physical literacy in picture book
The book is on Toori Mamas’ path to fitness and the invaluable lessons he learns in this journey.
06 May 2023 12:15 AM
Book Review | A groundbreaking history of Indian public policy & entrepreneurship
The world of startups focusses on India’s major achievements: The launching of over 65,000 startups with multifold increase in investors.
30 Apr 2023 12:57 AM
Book Review | Pashtuns: One race, two nations; a bloody present but proud past
The book brings the reader up to date on the developments related to the Pashtuns both in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
30 Apr 2023 12:49 AM
Book Review | The cut-throat world of momfluencers
Raichand has taken a contemporary theme, that of the fiercely competitive world of social media influencers, and weaved a neat story.
30 Apr 2023 12:15 AM
Book Review | None too comfortable revelations from a Congress Party manager
In Azad’s telling he and Sonia Gandhi had a great working equation.
23 Apr 2023 12:51 AM
Book Review | Culture wars (in a US varsity) and the price of clarity
10 days after I closed the book, I still feel as though it ran me over with a lorry.
23 Apr 2023 12:47 AM
Book Review | Surrealistic pieces crafted inexactly
Against this predictability and contrivance stand the occasional rhythm to the words, the touches of whimsy, a few flights of imagination.
23 Apr 2023 12:01 AM
Book Review | Three little girls go looking for meaning
Warmth, humour, playfulness, earthiness, and intelligence shine out of this absolutely charming book.
16 Apr 2023 12:52 AM
Book Review | One young Indian maps changing nation, finds hope amid violence
The book is a grim reminder of what happens when one remains silent — the toll it exacts on both the silencer and the silencee.
16 Apr 2023 12:35 AM
Book Review | How a ‘family retainer’ reinvented himself to be an iconic President
The biggest challenges that Zail Singh faced were during the Army operation in the Golden Temple
09 Apr 2023 12:30 AM
Book Review | Anti-colonial thinker who gave the lie to Islamic conservatism
Brilliant minds came forth as India experienced colonial modernity, and Maulana Azad certainly has a place among the narrowest of the elite
09 Apr 2023 12:28 AM
Book Review | Florid, lurid, turgid mountaineering fantasy
The Forsaken Wilderness is the story of Barkat Singh Randhawa, a civil engineer by profession.
09 Apr 2023 12:25 AM
Book Review | Northeast a happening place... a bureaucrat explains why
It is the first-hand experience in India’s northeastern states that makes Ashish Kundra’s book,an exceptional read.
02 Apr 2023 12:56 AM
Book Review | Oh, the joy of the book hunt, the thrill of wishful contemplation
Can we be treated to a display and exhibition of Pradeep’s collection?
02 Apr 2023 12:52 AM
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