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A brilliant chronicle of racist thinking

The book's title comes from a speech by Jefferson Davis, given the year before he became president of the Confederate...

13 Jan 2017 2:00 AM IST

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Book review: Elegant prose, piercing portraits

Just a handful of them rise above their small-mindedness, but this is as true a picture of average Indians as any.

23 July 2017 2:50 AM IST

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Book review: The chronicler of misfits and rejects

You should read Arundhati Roy even if you hate her. She is The Chronicler Of Misfits And Rejects.

23 July 2017 2:49 AM IST

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Book review: Lata, with malice towards none at all...

The book has carefully avoided anything which has the faintest semblance of controversy.

28 May 2017 12:38 AM IST

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Book review: Romancing the past, fauji style

At heart, this book is about a love affair between a peacenik and a pilot with war as the backdrop.

28 May 2017 12:28 AM IST

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Book review: How a demented mind thinks

Alzheimer's means that the connections Mrs C makes between the news and her family are not exactly straightforward.

21 July 2017 12:10 AM IST

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Book review: The poignant record of an era gone by

Books have indeed been written about the end of British colonialism and the start of an independent new world.

21 July 2017 12:10 AM IST

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Book review: Straight from the heart Kapoor style

Film personalities, specially leading men of Bollywood, hardly considered it worthwhile to go back in time.

5 March 2017 2:42 AM IST

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Book review: Jinnah, pursuing love with equal precision

The wedding ceremony itself couldn't have been more primly respectable.

5 March 2017 2:36 AM IST

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Book review: An actual record of conflict in J&K

The special forces are trained and motivated to take missions like the one mentioned in the book.

30 July 2017 2:34 AM IST

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Book review: The curious case of a serial killer

The book would have made for a more satisfyingly meaty read if the readers got a brief idea of the criminal psychology...

30 July 2017 2:36 AM IST

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Book review: Making fiction out of nothing at all

The author is a great writer, of non-fiction. Sadly, his hold over what makes for good fiction is lacking.

30 July 2017 2:38 AM IST