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Book review: None of the pleasure, all of the guilt

For a woman of Menon's stature to go all out endorsing patriarchy is disheartening in the least.

19 March 2017 2:04 AM IST

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Book review: A good idea lost in translation

The fictional Kasturba largely skims past the important stuff.

19 March 2017 1:58 AM IST

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Book review: Dil se, the story of a South Bombay boy

Like any good film, the book can be divided into three parts the first section is about his growing up years.

29 Jan 2017 12:34 AM IST

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Lisbeth Salander returns with a vengeance

The first three books, penned by the late Stieg Larsson, sold 80 million copies in 50 countries.

12 May 2017 2:08 AM IST

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Afghan diplomat's account of Soviet invasion

According to him, it is very hard to know the real life stories of the people unless one hears these from them.

12 May 2017 2:02 AM IST

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Book review: The legend full of pride

Only twice, in 1985 and 1990, did Duran not punch anyone inside the ring.

13 Nov 2016 6:27 AM IST

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Book review: Scholarship lost in hagiography

It is in effect a magic wand in the hands of an inspired leader that will make India an independent third power centre...

13 Nov 2016 6:17 AM IST

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The most fearsome, marauding military leader's story told in flippant...

Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol empire was a military genius, a notorious tyrant who used psychological warfare to...

7 July 2017 12:41 AM IST

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Reforms, politics don't mix well'

It is a law of nature that credit goes to the person who is on the spot, and blame goes to the person who is on the...

7 July 2017 12:35 AM IST

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Book review: From kushti to wrestling, one bout at a time

The soft ending is expectedly with Gobor Goho, one of Bengal's and the country's finest wrestlers.

26 March 2017 3:55 AM IST

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Book review: A world full of Nakuls, Vidurs and Narads

Dvarca's world is separated from our own only by a small stretch of the imagination.

15 Jan 2017 2:03 AM IST

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Book review: Just the right dose of wit, laughter

The book starts with Heffley, who has seen a movie as a little kid about a man whose whole life is secretly filmed for a...

15 Jan 2017 1:56 AM IST