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Book Review | When Oman ruled Indian Ocean and how Dar es Salaam copied Bombay
This book is an important contribution for those who want to understand slave trade in the Indian Ocean.
16 Jul 2023 12:30 AM
Book Review | How BSF was the first to launch the war to liberate Bangladesh
The book is dotted with the untold story of BSF heroes who were the first to extend the hand of friendship to the rebels against Pakistan.
16 Jul 2023 12:07 AM
Book Review | Jagadish Bose, idealist who shone against odds
Wan is strong at delineating the overwhelming odds Bose had to overcome all through his life.
16 Jul 2023 12:01 AM
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.
09 Jul 2023 12:15 AM
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.
09 Jul 2023 12:05 AM
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.
09 Jul 2023 12:05 AM
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
03 Jul 2023 1:04 AM
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
03 Jul 2023 12:46 AM
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’
03 Jul 2023 12:38 AM
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
03 Jul 2023 12:19 AM
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’.
25 Jun 2023 12:50 AM
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
25 Jun 2023 12:45 AM
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
25 Jun 2023 12:43 AM
Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 to be conferred on Gita Press
Gita Press is one of the world's largest publishers, having published 41.7 crore books in 14 languages
19 Jun 2023 12:52 AM
Book Review | Elephant fable packs an environment message
This story of good and evil is also the story of finding one’s hidden strength in the midst of trying times.
18 Jun 2023 7:04 AM
Book Review | The pioneering and pivotal thought of Anaximander
Rovelli makes it clear from the beginning that this book is not the history of the discoveries of Anaximander.
18 Jun 2023 12:10 AM
Book Review | Vintage Atwood in 7 elegant sketches of family, loss!
Old Babes in the Wood is at its shimmering best in a set of linked stories about a couple, Nell and Tig.
18 Jun 2023 12:03 AM
Book Review | A refreshingly original fiction on power of ragas
The short easy read is a mere 137 pages, but laudably, refreshingly original.
04 Jun 2023 12:41 AM
Book Review | Convention-bound aesthetic, too many subplots clutter up big picture
Historically significant characters flit in and out of the book.
04 Jun 2023 12:37 AM
Book Review | The Guantanamo trauma and Abu Zubaydah’s unbearable secrets
Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy are two of the world’s best known investigative writers with several acclaimed books to their name.
04 Jun 2023 12:31 AM
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