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Book Review | Portrait of an open wound

In many ways, Sharankumar Limbale’s novel Sanatan is a history of the present, examining as it does the...

21 Dec 2024 1:02 PM IST

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Why Hyderabad could be India’s ‘City of Love’

In the old city of Hyderabad, there is a 446-year-old bridge called the Purana Pul (old bridge)....

21 Dec 2024 12:52 PM IST

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Book Review | Syeda Hameed’s life of compassion

It is difficult to slot 81-year-old Syeda Saiyidain Hameed in any one box. A well-known Delhi figure, she...

21 Dec 2024 12:26 PM IST

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Book Review | Boris cuts corners, omits facts

Since Unleashed bristles with petty triumphs despite its tone of petulant anger, it has been called ‘self-serving’

14 Dec 2024 1:30 PM IST

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Book Review | Every slave’s heaven

James the narrator and Jim the slave are as chalk and cheese; James is cerebral and educated while Jim is skilled but...

14 Dec 2024 1:00 PM IST

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Book Review | Daughter faces up to mother’s passing

Radhika Oberoi’s study of grief and a mother’s vulnerabilities is both assured and engrossing.

7 Dec 2024 1:28 PM IST

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Book Review | A fusion of Malayalam and English tones

This story of a girl in a psychiatric hospital explores the tricks memory plays on the human mind

7 Dec 2024 1:22 PM IST

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Book Review | A life in pieces, put in words

Yet Hanif Kureishi’s memoir was meant to be read as an inspiring expression of the human spirit unbowed in the face of a...

7 Dec 2024 1:16 PM IST

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Book Review | Compelling but one-sided critique of state repression

A valuable document, this work nevertheless falls short when it comes to addressing the central question posed by its...

30 Nov 2024 12:44 PM IST

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Book Review | A charismatic whistleblower’s story

Alexei Navalny uncovers what really ails Putin’s Russia, the corruption and the widespread crime, while chronicling his...

30 Nov 2024 12:36 PM IST

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Book Review | Should India seek ICJ verdict on Kashmir?

Will it weaken its claim on the region or strengthen it as wished by the author?

30 Nov 2024 12:28 PM IST

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Book Review | M.S. Golwalkar: A life built on lies

This is one of the most detailed biographies available of M.S. Golwalkar, the RSS’s second chief, who,...

16 Nov 2024 1:10 PM IST