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Cover Image of the book Let Me Hijack Your Mind by Alyque Padamsee and Vandana Saxena Poria. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Here are Alyque Padamsee's thoughts on the New Joint...

It's a joint responsibility to create a joint family, says Alyque Padamsee

3 April 2022 12:55 AM IST

Cover image of the book Best Intentions by Simran Dhir. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Boy meets girl in elite New India

Best Intentions is a fairly realistic and witty depiction of contemporary upper-class urban India

3 April 2022 12:24 AM IST

Cover Image of the book Life and Political Reality: Two Novellas by Shahidul Zahir. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Sketches from Bangladesh on the slow death of ideals

Shahidul Zahir tells of the horrors that came before the creation of Bangladesh and of why their shadows will never...

3 April 2022 12:05 AM IST

Cover image of the book Diamonds Are Forever, So Are Morals By Govind Dholakia. (By Arrangement)

Book review | Diamantaire's fragmentary memoir tells of his resolve &...

Diamonds are Forever, however, has its appeal despite its shortcomings

29 May 2022 6:26 AM IST

NewsCover Image of the book Who Is a Parsi? By Prochy Mehta. (Twitter)

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 the book Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us about Modern India by Rukmini S. (Twitter)

Book Review | Why the hardest' journalism is exactly what matters most

Rather than fix our data collection problems, the pandemic only made them worse

29 May 2022 12:49 AM IST

Cover image of the book Rahul Bajaj: An Extraordinary Life By Gita Piramal. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | History of Indian nation-building from the standpoint of...

There are three ways to understand the country's journey textbooks, history books and biographies of well-known...

22 May 2022 1:20 AM IST

Cover image of Anti-Clock by V.J. James, translated by Ministhy S. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Of death's grim reapers, their wishes, hurts and...

James' 7th novel, and 2nd to be translated into English, is a deep meditation on time and the chaos that ensues when it...

22 May 2022 1:04 AM IST

Cover image of the book Villainy by Upamanyu Chatterjee. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Chronicle of a normal' murder, foretold staggeringly

While the theme may seem predictable, crime & retribution, it unfolds in surprising ways and that ultimately, is the...

15 May 2022 12:41 AM IST

Cover Image of the book A Mirror Made of Rain by Naheed Phiroze Patel. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie

The mirror is not just a something to see one's reflection in, it's also symbolic of looking deep into one's soul

8 May 2022 11:59 AM IST

over image of the book Diamonds are Forever, So are Morals by Govind Dholakia. (By Arrangement)

Book Excerpt | How visiting Antwerp and keeping my word transformed my...

Before it was known for its diamonds, Antwerp was the most important trading and financial centre in Western Europe

1 May 2022 12:35 AM IST

Cover image of Dark Secrets: Politics, Intrigue and Proxy Wars in Kashmir by Iqbal Chand Malhotra. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Joining the dots to complete Partition puzzle

Whatever it resulted in was a course of events for which India is dearly paying till date

1 May 2022 12:55 AM IST