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Book Review | Pakistan, to a woman’s eyes

Book Review | Pakistan, to a woman’s eyes

A Pakistan posting for an Indian diplomat is both a challenge and an opportunity of a lifetime. It is doubly...

31 Aug 2024 1:52 PM IST

Book Review | First-wave Indian feminist who was multi-talented

Book Review | First-wave Indian feminist who was multi-talented

I write this review with mixed feelings. I asked for this book, because Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay is such an...

31 Aug 2024 1:46 PM IST

Book Review | Punjabi social realism, subtle & hard-hitting

Book Review | Punjabi social realism, subtle & hard-hitting

Hard-hitting is a mild word for this collection of short stories by Hindi author and playwright Swadesh...

31 Aug 2024 1:40 PM IST

Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in Delhi

Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in Delhi

Originally a ‘semi-desert’, the history of Delhi can be traced through its gardens. The very first trees planted...

3 Aug 2024 11:25 AM IST

Jadu seems destined to succeed. His mother, pregnant with him, survives a cobra bite, delivers him, and, in later years, delivers two more children, both girls, one of whom dies after a mysterious encounter with a fox . DC Image

Book Review | The '30s-born Bihari man's best life

Book Review | The '30s-born Bihari man's best life

13 July 2024 5:27 PM IST

Book Review | An Engrossing New History of Subcontinental Thought

Book Review | An Engrossing New History of Subcontinental Thought

Truschke shows her familiarity with the languages of India by citing her own translations of texts from the pre-modern...

1 Nov 2025 3:10 PM IST

Book Review | Keep Travelling, Keep Gathering Tales

Book Review | Keep Travelling, Keep Gathering Tales

Travel Tales and Close Encounters, edited by Maithili Rao and Rinki Bhattacharya, is not just an anthology of short...

1 Nov 2025 3:08 PM IST

Book Review | Good Sense and Sensuality

Book Review | Good Sense and Sensuality

A hallmark of this book is that opinions here are served with dollops of anecdote as the author looks back on her long...

1 Nov 2025 3:06 PM IST

Book Review | In War, Battle of Narratives as Critical as One of Bullets

Book Review | In War, Battle of Narratives as Critical as One of...

This book emphatically argues that India must be vigilant not just on its borders, but also in the realm of perception —...

25 Oct 2025 1:20 PM IST

Book Review | Hope in the Time of Bloodshed & Strife

Book Review | Hope in the Time of Bloodshed & Strife

The title story Refuge is the searing tale of a young couple, Abid and Nur, trying to survive the horror of the Syrian...

25 Oct 2025 1:17 PM IST

Book Review | Reporting for a Pluralist India

Book Review | Reporting for a Pluralist India

Her book focusing on some of her most significant assignments is not just magnificent reading but also a glimpse into...

25 Oct 2025 1:15 PM IST

Book Review | Formidable Case Against Trump the Economist

Book Review | Formidable Case Against Trump the Economist

Mr Trump loves tariff and by imposing it he has “made the goods Americans buy more expensive, and disrupted the global...

18 Oct 2025 1:51 PM IST