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The Upside-Down King: Unusual Tales about Rama and Krishna by Sudha Murty, Penguin Random House, Rs 250

Why are Vishnu's avatars, Ram and Krishna, opposites?

Krishna married eight women and gave protection to 16,100 women.

9 Dec 2018 12:58 AM IST

Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal by Parvati Sharma, Juggernaut, Rs 599

The many shades of Jehangir, a quirky Emperor

The third Mughal Emperor, Akbar the Great, built an empire which grew so large and so rich that it might have toppled...

9 Dec 2018 12:57 AM IST

An honorary invitee, Re Parker is swept into a torrent of mystery and intrigue when the HOD of the rune department Prof Heinz drops dead

Book review: Voice of the Runes by Manjiri Prabhu, chilling tale of...

Author cleverly captures readers' imagination all the while dropping hints at what maybe that what everything really...

8 Dec 2018 2:11 PM IST

Didi: The Untold Mamata Banerjee by Shutapa Paul, Penguin Random House, Rs 299.

Didi: Her turf, on her terms

Mamata emerged from her one-room house with shouts of Mamata Banerjee zindabad .

2 Dec 2018 1:40 AM IST

The Wounds of the Dead by Vikram Paralkar, Fourth Estate, Rs 324

Magically unreal with a touch of absurd

Magic realism is a difficult genre to pull off but Paralkar has managed to do so with aplomb.

25 March 2018 12:45 AM IST

Split: A Life by Taslima Nasrin, Hamish Hamilton, Rs 329

A summary of ruptures

In its materiality it asserts the power of the printed word and the reaction it triggers in those who fear the word.

25 March 2018 12:44 AM IST

Sanjay Dutt with first wife Richa Sharma and Kumar Gaurav.

A life not seen through rose-tinted glasses

In a career spanning almost four decades and more than 100 films, Sanjay Dutt has only around 10 noteworthy films, a...

25 March 2018 12:43 AM IST

Dekyi Linka, the Indian Mission in Lhasa till 1952 (thereafter the Indian Consulate-General).

How Tibet lost its independence and India its gentle neighbour

It relates to the sequence of events and the role of KM Panikkar, the Indian Ambassador in China, during the weeks after...

23 March 2018 12:41 AM IST

The Aryabhata Clan by Sudipto Das, Niyogi Books, Rs 595

Cracking symbols the Dan Brown way

The stakes are high a terrorist group is plotting to destroy India's most significant and recognisable symbol of Mughal...

18 March 2018 1:42 AM IST

On a Truck Alone to McMahon by Nabaeeta Dev Sen translated by Arunava Sinha, Oxford University Press, Rs 395

Hilarious and gripping adventure

The book is Dev Sen's diary-ish account of her 1977 trip to Tawang.

13 May 2018 6:16 AM IST

Directorate S: The CIA and Americas Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 by Steve Coll, Allen Lane , Rs 799

Magnum opus on AfPak history Of CIA, ISI at work

A substantial part of the book is about the collusion between Pakistan's military-controlled spy agency, the ISI and the...

13 May 2018 6:14 AM IST

SURVIVE OR SINK: An Action Agenda for Sanitation, Water, Pollution and Green Finance, By Naina Lal Kidwai, Rupa Publications, pp 262, Rs 495

We're doing well on green energy'

India can learn a lot on what China is doing on sanitation, on pollution and green finance agenda.

11 May 2018 12:29 AM IST