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Hindu Rashtra By Ashutosh Westland Books, Rs 599

A call to arms for Gandhi's Hindus

As time moves forward, Hindu Rashtra will take its rightful place as a well-researched attempt to explain the unfolding...

21 April 2019 7:59 PM IST

The RSS: Icons of the Indian Right by Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tranquebar, Rs 799.

Of Sangh personalities in power

The orthodoxy that holds together Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay's 11 doesn't always translate into liberal economics.

21 April 2019 6:38 PM IST

Rewind and Play by By Tarun Gautam TreeShade Books pp 176, Rs 295

'All decisions in life are made from the head or the heart'

Raghav spent the next week overcoming his jet lag and answering questions every few hours on what would he like for his...

19 April 2019 7:31 AM IST

The winning translator will receive 1,000 pounds and a selection of Harvill Secker books.

A ticket to read: The joy of reading in one's travels

As far as books are concerned, the e-book revolution has converted a section of readers who only read from a device and...

19 April 2019 12:14 AM IST

Aakash V Shivach

A true love saga

Steps Taking Backward is a step taken to bring a love story to the next level, where nothing can stop two people in love...

18 April 2019 11:56 PM IST

'Start-up' something like love

Author Sheila Kumar's new book Our Start-Up Affair shows us how beautiful love can be even in metropolitan city.

18 April 2019 11:51 PM IST

God Save the Honble Supreme Court, By Fali S Nariman, Penguin, Rs 699

When rivalry trumped decorum in the highest court

One can discern a note of despair in the title of Fali Nariman's book, God Save the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

14 April 2019 4:59 AM IST

Communalism couldnt hold back this Sarkari Mussalman

Communalism couldn't hold back this Sarkari Mussalman'

Adopted by his mother's sister, Zameer spent his first five years with her and his maternal grandfather, from whom he...

12 April 2019 2:05 AM IST

A Riveting Read

Filled with interesting anecdotes and well known truisms, former US Attorney Preet Bharara's debut book Doing Justice...

10 April 2019 12:20 AM IST

Demons and Demigods: Death Penalty in India, by Aparna Jha Oxford University Press, Rs 495.

Persuasive argument against death penalty

In India, from the time of Raja Nand Kumar's case (1775) to the decision of the Supreme Court in the Bachan Singh case...

7 April 2019 3:47 AM IST

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj, By Anita Anand Simon & Schuster, Â£20

Scholarly, racy: Twin retellings of Bloody Baisakhi

Udham Singh, a Sikh orphan who was radicalised by the massacre, spent his life hunting down the man he held ultimately...

7 April 2019 3:38 AM IST

Dhanesh Jain (1939-2019). (Photo: Dinesh Sinha)

Goodbye Dhanesh Jain, Ratna Sagar's gentle giant

The received wisdom then and even now was that return on investment was better in textbook publishing and best in school...

5 April 2019 1:12 AM IST