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Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute By Maroof Raza. (Amazon photo)

Book Review | Crouching Elephant, Hidden Dragon: This history is not...

The resulting shortcomings in dealing with the Chinese have cost India dearly in terms of its security and progress

20 Nov 2021 7:55 PM IST

Karunanidhi: A Life By A.S. Panneerselvan. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Truths about M. Karunanidhi & perspectives on Tamil...

One of the key takeaways in the book is the articulation of Karunanidhi's position vis-a-vis the Sri Lankan Tamil issue

20 Nov 2021 7:52 PM IST

The Ambassador and the Private Eye By Krishnan Srinivasan.

Book Review | Somali ex-diplomat, one-armed ex-cop team up in cerebral...

The novel plays out in a sequence of episodic chapters, each dealing with a separate case

18 Dec 2021 6:58 PM IST

Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947.

Book Review | Spotlighting the finest Indian writing on cricket

It narrates the history of Indian cricket through earlier published reports of journalists who enjoyed a ringside view...

4 Dec 2021 9:03 PM IST

Parthibans Dream By Kalki Krishnamurthy.

Book Review | When Parthiban Kanavu morphs into Parthiban's Dream

No credit was given to the translators in the initial English renditions, an omission which was corrected in subsequent...

4 Dec 2021 9:00 PM IST

Name Place Animal Thing By Daribha Lyndem. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Memoiric fiction that paints vivid image of Shillong ...

There is no plot, but there are strong characters, most of whom are her family and friends

4 Dec 2021 8:58 PM IST

For India, China has been a problem for decades, even at a time when the world was fawning on that country for its growing economic clout and seemingly unending supplies of cheap goods. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Panchsheel and other delusions that wrongfooted our...

The ensuing conflict between the world's two Asian powers seems destined to be a defining process for global geopolitics

4 Dec 2021 8:56 PM IST

The book is a virtual tour de force of book history, of legendary booksellers and pedlars, of marginalia and scribblings which have a history of their own, of comfort books, of book collectors and libraries, of bookselling histories even amidst adversity in Paris, Venice and England and, above all, of reading.

That Aladdin's cave' feeling

The book is a testament to the power and to the joy of reading

31 Jan 2021 12:14 AM IST

Cover page of Red Pill

Book REVIEW | A middle-aged writer navigates an alt-right world

Red Pill is a novel for our timesit captures the anxiety of ordinary citizens over growing racism and nationalism

17 Jan 2021 10:58 AM IST

Cover page of A Ridge Too Far by Captain Amarinder Singh

Book REVIEW | A captain's frank perspective on an unjust and devious...

A Ridge Too Far is a catchy but apt title reminiscent of A Bridge Too Far authored by Cornelius Ryan and made into a...

17 Jan 2021 9:37 AM IST

Cover page of Hellfire by Leesa Gazi

Book REVIEW | What happens to women in a matriarchy, and other secrets

Mouthwatering descriptions of food have become a requisite for such novels but Gazi adds a twist to her descriptions

17 Jan 2021 8:03 AM IST

Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu, translated by Jenny Bhatt.

Book Review | Worlds within worlds in Dhumketu's best classic short...

In this collection of stories, you go back in time to the age of Bimbisaar, move to Darjeeling just before and after a...

14 March 2021 2:16 AM IST