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Book Review | Surrealist Fiction Can Be Humorous

Book Review | Surrealist Fiction Can Be Humorous

The story, about the effect of the arrival of a vacuum cleaner salesman on the people of a small town, was not just...

6 Jun 2026 2:26 PM IST

Book Review | Christ As A Buddhist Monk?

Book Review | Christ As A Buddhist Monk?

Fr. Dara travels to Cambridge to meet Banko, tasked with translating the manuscript. Dhondy adds an intriguing...

6 Jun 2026 2:12 PM IST

Book Review | K. Sundarji: Scholar-soldier And Mobile Warfare Proponent

Book Review | K. Sundarji: Scholar-soldier And Mobile Warfare...

Widely known as a forward thinking “scholar-warrior”, the ‘TamBram’ (Tamil Brahmin) Sundarji brought technology-driven,...

6 Jun 2026 1:14 PM IST

Top Ten Books of the Week (June 4, 2026)

Top Ten Books of the Week (June 4, 2026)

This week the readers showed interest in love stories, Constitution, family sagas, General Manoj Naravane's The Curious...

5 Jun 2026 9:41 PM IST

Book Review | A Parliamentarian’s Almanac Reveals the Government’s Warts

Book Review | A Parliamentarian’s Almanac Reveals the Government’s...

The government and media made the Opposition invisible. O’Brien draws back the curtain

30 May 2026 1:17 PM IST

Book Review | A Visual Archive of Mumbai Through Cuisine

Book Review | A Visual Archive of Mumbai Through Cuisine

There’s a certain visual language that lays out the mosaic of the chaotic beauty of Indian cities charms both local and...

30 May 2026 1:15 PM IST

Book Review | A Powerful Novel About Sisterly Love

Book Review | A Powerful Novel About Sisterly Love

No Such Thing as Monday is a powerful novel written with such charm that you don’t get lost in gloom despite the sadness

30 May 2026 1:13 PM IST

Book Review | The Horror Of War Through The Prism Of Sci-fi

Book Review | The Horror Of War Through The Prism Of Sci-fi

The war is fought amid literal fog on a largely monochromatic battlefield. The empire is grey; the enemy, white; deadly...

23 May 2026 10:59 PM IST

Book Review | An Elephant Fable Asks Us To Be Human

Book Review | An Elephant Fable Asks Us To Be Human

We’re barely into the third para of Gajraj, still you don’t need a thesaurus to understand that “the barely clothed...

23 May 2026 10:39 PM IST

Book Review | No Money, No Problem

Book Review | No Money, No Problem

The authors scouted for success stories that germinated through resource constraints, sometimes filling a gap that...

23 May 2026 9:14 PM IST

Book Review | Study on Ancient Indian Women Skips the Essentials

Book Review | Study on Ancient Indian Women Skips the Essentials

The author does acknowledge some limitations late in the book: his three disclaimers refer to geography, theory vs...

16 May 2026 3:40 PM IST

Book Review | Let’s Bring India, Asean Closer

Book Review | Let’s Bring India, Asean Closer

Structured around Aseans three-pillar framework the book reads both as an assessment and a roadmap

16 May 2026 3:29 PM IST