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Split: A Life by Taslima Nasrin, Hamish Hamilton, Rs 329

A summary of ruptures

In its materiality it asserts the power of the printed word and the reaction it triggers in those who fear the word.

25 March 2018 12:44 AM IST

Sanjay Dutt with first wife Richa Sharma and Kumar Gaurav.

A life not seen through rose-tinted glasses

In a career spanning almost four decades and more than 100 films, Sanjay Dutt has only around 10 noteworthy films, a...

25 March 2018 12:43 AM IST

Dekyi Linka, the Indian Mission in Lhasa till 1952 (thereafter the Indian Consulate-General).

How Tibet lost its independence and India its gentle neighbour

It relates to the sequence of events and the role of KM Panikkar, the Indian Ambassador in China, during the weeks after...

23 March 2018 12:41 AM IST

Devapriya Roy and Priya Kuriyan

A unique book on Indira

Indira by Devapriya Roy and Priya Kuriyan is an intriguing work on the life of Indira Gandhi.

22 March 2018 12:19 AM IST

Adolf Hitler (Photo: AP)

Indian publisher lands in fix for featuring Hitler as great leader' on...

Organisation questioned publisher B Jain's Pegasus division of incorporating picture and asked them to pull book from...

21 March 2018 4:26 PM IST

Walks help immensely to clear my head. The busier I am, the luckier I get with expressions and ideas and at cracking plots.

The busier I am, the luckier I get at cracking plots'

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov. So suffused as it is with sensory images that I can read and be dazzled by it over...

21 March 2018 12:15 AM IST

Bioscope: A Frivolous History of Bollywood in Ten Chapters Diptakirti Chaudhuri, Hachette India, pp.232, Rs 280

Bollywood on a list

One of Diptakirti's favourite nuggets in his latest offering is what he likes to call songs of separation.

21 March 2018 12:14 AM IST

The Aryabhata Clan by Sudipto Das, Niyogi Books, Rs 595

Cracking symbols the Dan Brown way

The stakes are high a terrorist group is plotting to destroy India's most significant and recognisable symbol of Mughal...

18 March 2018 1:42 AM IST

Jasoda: A Novel by Kiran Nagarkar Harper Collins, Rs 300

A tale not for the faint-hearted

Jasoda begins stoic and remains so going about the business of living life the best she can.

18 March 2018 1:41 AM IST

The IITian author adds that the most important motive he had was that he wanted to write a book.

A bit of science, innovation and a lot of story telling

A bit of science, innovation and a lot of story telling

16 March 2018 9:28 PM IST

Stephen Hawking passes away at 76 (Photo: AFP)

The man who beat Hawking at more than table tennis

Hawking had posed a query and this was clarified by Narlikar, saying that Hawking had missed the non-linear character...

16 March 2018 1:22 AM IST

Books by Kiran Manral Saving Maya

I get so mad when people say they are not feminists'

Kiran started her journey to fame with her much-appreciated blogs, but they have changed drastically since she started...

11 March 2018 12:38 AM IST