The conversation on climate change is ongoing. Direct in tone but not as powerful, the book adds little to that discourse
26 Jun 2022 12:19 AM
The acclaimed Tamil novel 'Pasitha Manidam', set in the Tamil heartland, is about human nature with its blemishes and beauty
26 Jun 2022 12:12 AM
The author sees PM Modi as the man of the hour, the man of destiny, who has completely altered India’s security and strategic perspective
08 May 2022 11:31 AM
The main character Noomi Wadia is a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, bright Parsi woman
08 May 2022 11:22 AM
What happens when you get to the last page of a book feeling a bit confused and intrigued?
20 Mar 2022 12:14 AM
In a model case scenario, there should be no reason to have a separate category of women’s fiction other than to amplify their voices
20 Mar 2022 12:11 AM
The author has got together forty nine Indians and Pakistanis to pen their views on the subject
20 Mar 2022 12:07 AM
At the outset, Ramesh tells us that his book is not prescriptive or preachy nor is it a compass with a clear direction
29 Jan 2022 6:48 PM
The book is not merely about the paintings, (painted between 1800-1825 in Guler, or Kangra) but equally about the text that inspired them
29 Jan 2022 6:46 PM
Mughals grabbed resources and richer land in the form of eastern Bengal and converted its residents into their own faith
29 Jan 2022 6:44 PM
Is ‘The Braided River’ a travelogue, a personal pilgrimage, a historical search for origins and beginnings or a political commentary?
22 Jan 2022 6:47 PM
The slim volume is valuable in that it draws readers into the world of Tamil writing of which they would otherwise be deprived
22 Jan 2022 6:45 PM
It is not always that a journalist gets a chance to be part of history in the making
22 Jan 2022 6:43 PM
Madam Prime Minister is a racy novel with political games, scandals, and a bit of romance thrown in
09 Jan 2022 1:36 AM
The opening pages of the book argue that India was always rich. Certainly it was
09 Jan 2022 1:34 AM
Our cricketing icons of that period turned out in sparkling whites for India, not for pelf or power but for the sheer enjoyment of the game
09 Jan 2022 1:32 AM
The section on fashion links the relevance of the hand crafted tradition to environmental concerns and sustainability
02 Jan 2022 11:50 AM
The novel plays out in a sequence of episodic chapters, each dealing with a separate case
18 Dec 2021 6:58 PM
It narrates the history of Indian cricket through earlier published reports of journalists who enjoyed a ringside view of the action
04 Dec 2021 9:03 PM
No credit was given to the translators in the initial English renditions, an omission which was corrected in subsequent versions
04 Dec 2021 9:00 PM