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Cover page of The Problem with Everything: My Journey through the New Culture Wars. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | Welcome to the political compass' third dimension

Meghan Daum is crisp, elegant and wryly humorous, and does not dump her traumas on the reader.

28 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

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Book Review | First among the equals of Old Bollywood's heroes

Despite its hagiographic tone, Ashok Kumar's biography is genuinely informative, perceptive and loving.

28 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

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Modi: The man who changed India's politics

The book, Modi@20, Dreams Meet Delivery, is about his journey from Gujarat chief minister to the Prime Minister of India

21 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

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Mending the loss of innocence with hard-won wisdom

Arjun Raj Gaind in his book tells the story of Punjab a land that has witnessed Jallianwala Bagh massacre and has been...

21 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST

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Obscurantism aside, time for India to seize the narrative

The problem, as Mr Sood explains, is that the West has dominated the world for more than four centuries now

21 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

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Temples & dance history: The who, what, when and where of Kathak

In temples that the authors visited, they saw performers who were able to interact and improvise with the devotees to...

14 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST

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Yusuf of Peshawar who spotted talent, changed lives...

A few chapters into the book I had warmed up to the man people called the thespian

14 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

Big Snake Little Snake (AA Image)

An introduction to vivid maths in lush and mellow Trinidad

If you like vibrant and provocative writing, you might like to dip into this book

7 Aug 2022 12:28 AM IST

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Vish Dhamija's Cold Justice delivers it hot!

This legal thriller has on trial a woman judge, a young accomplished and feared judge at that, who obviously has her set...

7 Aug 2022 12:22 AM IST

Cover photo of Writer Rebel Soldier Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya by Akshaya Mukul (Photo: By arrangement)

Book Review | Man of contradictions who galvanised Hindi literature

Review of Writer Rebel Soldier Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya by Akshaya Mukul

25 Sept 2022 7:54 AM IST

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Book Review | The cobbler's contribution

Review of 'The Shoemaker's Stitch: Mochi Embroideries of Gujarat in the TAPI Collection' By Shilpa Shah and Rosemary...

25 Sept 2022 1:39 AM IST

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Book Review | Sanjeev Kumar's life ably reconstructed

Review of Sanjeev Kumar: The Actor We All Loved By Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta and Uday Jariwala

18 Sept 2022 1:34 AM IST