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Book Review | Unhappy Marriage Of Chick Lit, Social Satire

Book Review | Unhappy Marriage Of Chick Lit, Social Satire

We meet Geetika when she’s studying at a government college in Ajmer, a colourful place where fights between Rajput and...

13 Sept 2025 4:27 PM IST

Book Review | True Story of Journalist Growing up in a Kotha

Book Review | True Story of Journalist Growing up in a Kotha

Manish or Monty (named after Rishi Kapoor in Karz) is born in a squalid kotha in north Calcutta’s Bandook Gully, amidst...

6 Sept 2025 1:54 PM IST

Book Review | Innovation Migrates from Silicon Valley

Book Review | Innovation Migrates from Silicon Valley

This mapping of technological innovations is an allegory for the complexities of cultures, competition and collaboration...

6 Sept 2025 1:49 PM IST

Book Review | In Love with Life, Cricket & Women

Book Review | In Love with Life, Cricket & Women

What sets Shikhar Dhawan’s ghosted autobiography apart is the honesty with which he has recounted his life as well as...

6 Sept 2025 1:47 PM IST

Book Review | Pujara: A Wife’s-Eye View

Book Review | Pujara: A Wife’s-Eye View

As expected, this is a eulogy, but there are areas that seem too sterilised to be interesting

30 Aug 2025 1:53 PM IST

Book Review | A Mother-Daughter Love Saga

Book Review | A Mother-Daughter Love Saga

A tribute to a difficult mother, this book is equally about the writer’s journey from a young girl to an accomplished...

30 Aug 2025 1:51 PM IST

Book Review | In Thrall of the Image: Poetry in Influencer-ese

Book Review | In Thrall of the Image: Poetry in Influencer-ese

The inward-looking pieces direct the reader’s curiosity back to the short-lived fascinations of personality

30 Aug 2025 1:48 PM IST

Book Review | Scourge Of Hate Crime Still Prevails In Hindi Heartland

Book Review | Scourge Of Hate Crime Still Prevails In Hindi Heartland

The book also deftly illustrates how in order to manufacture a past and uniformity, the region lost much of its rich...

23 Aug 2025 8:37 PM IST

Book Review | Accident Burns Boy, loyalties Burn Family

Book Review | Accident Burns Boy, loyalties Burn Family

The author’s genius lies in the fact that, despite the title, the book does not revolve around a central character, but...

23 Aug 2025 8:34 PM IST

Book Review | What Heals The Hurt Of Exile? Travel Or Stories?

Book Review | What Heals The Hurt Of Exile? Travel Or Stories?

Taseer has been an intrepid traveller, right from his debut novel, a quest which ended with a meeting with his...

23 Aug 2025 7:42 PM IST

Book Review | Doc Who Tried to Stop Partition

Book Review | Doc Who Tried to Stop Partition

After Independence, Davar continued to play an important role with the refugees who flooded Delhi, and he was Nehru’s...

16 Aug 2025 1:36 PM IST

Book Review | Mysterious House Pays Witness to Awakenings

Book Review | Mysterious House Pays Witness to Awakenings

Beautifully written, and with a solid plot in place, it’s not surprising that this debut novel was shortlisted for the...

16 Aug 2025 1:35 PM IST