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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

2 April 2022 7:25 PM

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

2 April 2022 6:54 PM

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...

2 April 2022 6:35 PM

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 12:56 AM

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...

28 May 2022 8:07 PM

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

28 May 2022 7:19 PM

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...

21 May 2022 7:50 PM

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...

21 May 2022 7:34 PM

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...

14 May 2022 7:11 PM

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 6:29 AM

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

30 April 2022 7:05 PM

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

30 April 2022 7:25 PM