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Mystery minus a detective unravels dynamics of a society

The book starts with a murder and ends with the reader finding out who did it

7 Nov 2021 9:46 AM IST

Cover photo of Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Love tangles with family as Great Calcutta Killings rage

Book Review of 'Independence' by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

27 Nov 2022 1:44 AM IST

Cover Photo of Rethink Ageing: Lessons in Ageing from the Older and Bolder Generation by Reshmi Chakraborty and Nidhi Chawla (Photo: By arrangement)

Book Review | Who's afraid of growing old?

The book, strangely, given my pessimism about ageing, made me smile

20 Nov 2022 1:35 AM IST

The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao. (Image: DC)

Anatomy Of A Riot Pretends To Debunk Epic, Ends Up Restoring It

No one spoke of justice because there was no need

1 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

A woman looks at books in a public library in Hong Kong on July 4, 2020. - Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the citys libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the finance hub.The new security law and the removal of books raises questions of whether academic freedom still exists. (Photo | AFP)

What to Read in 2023

Here is a selection of titles to watch out for, anticipate, covet and acquire in the new year.

1 Jan 2023 1:37 AM IST

Cover photo of India in Search of Glory: Political Calculus and Economy by Ashok K. Lahiri. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Policies that leverage behavioural economics can effect...

One of the important tasks the book accomplishes is the systematic dismantling of various myths that tend to divide...

26 Feb 2023 1:41 AM IST

Book Review | Talking Indo-Pak peace on the back channel with open eyes

Book Review | Talking Indo-Pak peace on the back channel with open...

The special thing is that from the facts before him, Lambah has produced a new way of seeing.

28 May 2023 12:46 AM IST

Cover photo of The Cook by Ajay Chowdhury. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Kolkata ex-cop in Brick Lane finds redemption

The knottiness of the plot and the swelling, sustained suspense alone are worth the price of admission.

14 May 2023 12:17 AM IST

Cover photo of Soft Animal by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Lockdown and the homemaker blues

Well written enough that I got through it without wanting to bang my head against a wall.

11 Jun 2023 12:18 AM IST

The book has compelling conversation with women and men who have advocated gender equality and womens rights through their work.

Penguin releases Shaili Chopra and Meghna Pant's Feminist Rani

Book, being called testimony to and memoir of women's issues is collection of interviews with path-breaking, fascinating...

30 Aug 2018 7:17 PM IST