His first book, The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya, launched Guha’s literary career
18 Mar 2024 12:27 AM
The writing is patchy: It’s good most of the way, though often self-indulgent, sometimes turgid, and occasionally just plain wretched
17 Mar 2024 1:06 PM
It’s only towards the fag end of the book that the author remembers he promised us a serial killer, and gets his act together
17 Mar 2024 12:54 PM
One thread that runs through Kumar’s Yellow Book is the pandemic
09 Mar 2024 8:49 PM
Written in a simple style, with some Urdu sprinkled here and there, makes the book a good read
09 Mar 2024 8:40 PM
The threat of AI-driven job loss and corporate takeover of the world is more real than we anticipated
09 Mar 2024 2:19 PM
They expose systematically love jiihad, population jihad and Muslim appeasement with facts and figures
09 Mar 2024 2:15 PM
Foreign Minister Jaishankar's insightful analysis of India's global standing, though dense, sheds light on the nation's diplomatic victories
03 Mar 2024 12:00 AM
It’s a terrific thing to win the Pulitzer and it is the only award in America that actually helps to sell books
02 Mar 2024 5:16 PM
Zadie Smith’s novel encompasses the Tichborne case but its scope is far wider
25 Feb 2024 1:20 PM
Rajen had already moved to Delhi a decade earlier to establish Rupa’s branch
25 Feb 2024 12:57 PM
The other figure in focus in this book is Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, arguably the only “people’s CM” undivided Andhra Pradesh has known
25 Feb 2024 12:53 PM
Hindi writer Manoj Rupda sheds light on the inspiration, significance of silence and political undertones in his critically acclaimed novel
22 Feb 2024 10:39 PM
The bottomline of India and Pakistan relationship is that normalcy is not possible until Pakistan reconciles to the reality and existence of India
17 Feb 2024 1:55 PM
The web of deception that promoted indenture in India had many facets, and many facilitators
17 Feb 2024 1:52 PM
The book delves into scientific explanations of pain, misidentification of physical body, mind and character, the path to enlightenment,
17 Feb 2024 1:33 PM
Mahendra recently celebrated his 75th birthday by penning his memoirs, @75 As I Saw It, a quintessential reporter’s diary
10 Feb 2024 12:20 PM
Swallowing the Sun is about Malati who, along with her sister Kamala, is one of the only two girls going to school in Ratnagiri village
10 Feb 2024 12:16 PM
The oldest reference to Lakshmi is as Shri and she appears in the ‘Sri Suktam’ and the Satapatha Brahmana
10 Feb 2024 12:12 PM
A meticulous exploration of Rajiv Gandhi's tenure, revealing controversies, achievements, and the man behind the Prime Minister
04 Feb 2024 12:00 AM