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One Day Well All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays by Scaachi Koul Picador, Rs 534.

Book review: Brown girl in the ring

Koul straightaway begins by introducing herself as the globetrotting daughter of Indian immigrants in this slim...

6 Aug 2017 2:27 AM IST

A copy of The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank on display at the Anne Frank Center in New York City. (Photo: AFP)

Editor who rescued' Anne Frank's diary dies at 93

A subsequent US play Diary of Anne Frank was a Broadway hit and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1956.

4 Aug 2017 12:35 AM IST

Many youngsters, like the books protagonist Vishesh, leave behind their dreams and settle for a safer option, under family or societal pressure.

What are you really meant for?

The book is about inspiring people through this story and helping them stand for their goals, says Keshav.

2 Aug 2017 1:00 AM IST

Sense of outsiderness

Sense of outsiderness

Author Rahul Mehra explores queerness from the perspective of a 12-year-old boy trapped in a family grappling with a new...

2 Aug 2017 1:00 AM IST

The Lovers by Amitava Kumar Aleph, Rs 599

Book review: Making fiction out of nothing at all

The author is a great writer, of non-fiction. Sadly, his hold over what makes for good fiction is lacking.

30 July 2017 2:38 AM IST

The Front Page Murders by Puja Changoiwala Hachette, Rs 350

Book review: The curious case of a serial killer

The book would have made for a more satisfyingly meaty read if the readers got a brief idea of the criminal psychology...

30 July 2017 2:36 AM IST

Bite of the Black Dogs by Sanjay Bahadur Hachette, Rs 399

Book review: An actual record of conflict in J&K

The special forces are trained and motivated to take missions like the one mentioned in the book.

30 July 2017 2:34 AM IST

Encounters of a Fat Bride By Samah Visaria, Penguin, Rs 90; 224 pages.

Predictable story with occasional specs of humour

Then starts the familiar routine of telling family and friends to look out for prospective matches for Madhurima.

28 July 2017 1:50 AM IST

The Baba Ramdev Phenomenon By Kaushik Deka, Rupa Publication, Rs 239; 200 pages.

A stale portrait lacking dimensions

Ramdev was dressed in his trademark saffron robe and wooden slippers.

28 July 2017 1:49 AM IST

Her life became an irreversible addiction, says Sujata Prasad

A Life Like No Other, author Sujata Prasad has captured various shades, junctures and nuances of Sonal's magnificent...

26 July 2017 12:24 AM IST

Teens have been known to do it while watching people drown or while someone has been run over and is lying on the street.

Bloody trail of a psychopath

The story of a slum where the girls, all aged around 6, go missing until their mangled remains are returned to their...

26 July 2017 12:22 AM IST

ONGC may buy all of the governments 51.11 per cent stake in HPCL

ONGC financial ratio to remain same post HPCL acquisition: report

The divestment may be gradual and ONGC could meanwhile fund the HPCL stake purchase using a bridge loan.

25 July 2017 9:21 PM IST