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Passionate Players: A selection of writings, By Pran Nevile, Book Wise India, pp 190, Rs 495

Raj days: When women were honoured in their absence

The Portuguese, who had preceded the British, used to send annual batches of women for marriage with their officials in...

11 May 2018 12:29 AM IST

Tripathi and his co-investigator Etmad As experiences are minutely penned in the book which is published by Penguin Random House India.

Book review: Dera Sacha Sauda and Gurmeet Ram Rahim, investigating a...

Anurag Tripathi's new and explosive book chronicles his search for the truth behind the man once touted to be God.

10 May 2018 4:55 PM IST

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership by James Comey, Macmillan, Rs 599

Comey calls Trump unfit, 'A mafia warlord'

Comey narrates the story of his entire life as a principled fight against bullies, without sounding preachy or unreal.

10 Jun 2018 1:26 AM IST

Psychlinis: A story By Shama Husain Notion Press, pp. 232, Rs 300

Understanding the disturbed mind

What doctors want for patients of maniac depression is a placid, calm and harmonious state.

22 Jun 2018 12:59 AM IST

The night ferry by Lotte and Soren Hammer, Niyogi Books, RS 395

Definitely not an edge of the seat thriller

The slow pace of the book is a big letdown as are the innumerable characters who flit in and out of the story.

17 Jun 2018 1:38 AM IST

Indias National Security: Annual Review 2018 By Satish Kumar, Pentagon Press, pp. 416, Rs 1,295

India's national security: An integrated view

Section V dwells on strategic concerns directly affecting India's defensive and offensive capabilities in warfare.

29 Jun 2018 1:43 AM IST

Familiar Strangers by Samah, Penguin India, Rs 250

A little more humour would have done the trick

The depiction of Priya and Chirag's deathly dull and boring marriage works well, though.

24 Jun 2018 12:41 AM IST

Sharmila Tagore and Uttam Kumar in a scene from the film Nayak

Reading a cinematic masterpiece, literally

The only way the novelised Nayak can find readers is by reviving the enthusiasm that one might have felt when one first...

24 Jun 2018 12:39 AM IST

Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright, HarperCollins, Â£16.99

A timely warning about fascism to a tottering world

The fascist takeover of her native Czechoslovakia forced her to flee with her parents.

3 Jun 2018 12:41 AM IST

Naveen Patnaik by Ruben Banerjee, Juggernaut, Rs 599

Odisha's shy, chain-smoking CM and his art of survival

When Naveen entered politics in Odisha, he was trying to reach out to the people of his native land whose rusticity he...

5 Aug 2018 12:32 AM IST

Points of Entry by Nadeem Farooq Paracha, Tranquebar, Rs 499

A leisurely journey through Pak's past, present and future

On hearing from him after long, Paracha mailed Anthony asking him to bring his guitar the next time he visited Pakistan.

5 Aug 2018 12:28 AM IST

A Girl Like That, by Tanaz Bhathena, Penguin Random House, Rs 399.

It's racy, interesting, revealing a wonderful new world to readers

If the story was told only from Zarin's point of view, the chances of monotony creeping in were high.

12 Aug 2018 12:51 AM IST