Books
Book Review | What pooped on my step and other whodunits
This is a book that would be anagreeable gift for young daughters and sons or nieces and nephews.
Book Review | American slams J&K policy but doesn’t factor Islamist militancy
It took the author 15 years to rustle up a book on his Kashmir experiences.
Book Review | T.N. Seshan enforced the rulebook, gave EC its formidable reputation
Many believe that Seshan put the fear of the Election Commission in the hearts of politicians.
Book review | Slow & lovely dive into a middle class Indian girl’s young angst
The entire book is about secrets. Secrets held by Mallika, the protagonist
Book Review | C.N. Annadurai’s witty social realism lost in translation
Annadurai's fame as a politician tends to overshadow his accomplishments as a storyteller
Book Review | Giving wings to amateur birders
Aasheesh’s collection of essays, written over nearly four decades, makes justice to the phrase ‘The Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching’
Book Review | Finance ministers who shaped early post-Independence India
What struck this reviewer was how many FMs resigned from office in those early days — a practice that ended soonafter
Book Review | Sketch of two charismatic PMs whose errors cost India dearly
The author relates with honesty the flaws and strengths Rajiv Gandhi, then seen as ‘India’s John F Kennedy’.
Book Review | Rural India gets ready for a feminist romp
While the book starts off all sedate and serious, the author suddenly decides to let her hair down and turns it into a full blown romp
Book Review | The Viraraghavans of Kodaikanal and their zany roses
'Roses in the Fire of Spring' is both a tribute and documentation of the work of two intrepid rosarians