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Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka By John Gimlette Quercus, pp. 432, Rs 449

Living up to expectations, only in parts

John Gimlette is a winner of the Shiva Naipaul Prize and a celebrated British travel writer. The natural beauty of Sri...

17 Feb 2016 2:10 AM IST

Romancing a rock star musician

19-year-old Chennai-based Megha Rao is the author of three books, Alice: The Netherworld, its sequel, Alice: The Inferno...

16 Feb 2016 9:49 PM IST

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An angry teenager

while teenage is probably one of the most enjoyable phases of life, it can also be a period of strife, as is the case...

16 Feb 2016 9:45 PM IST

In the name of Indira, Sanjay & Congress

In the name of Indira, Sanjay & Congress

As always with President Pranab Mukherjee’s reminiscences, one is left with the nagging feeling that he could have...

14 Feb 2016 3:47 PM IST

The unpalatable story of a lost war

The unpalatable story of a lost war

Bruce Riedel’s JFK’s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, The CIA, and The Sino-Indian War —...

13 Feb 2016 8:04 PM IST

Snakes and ladders — in a bullock cart to India By Kaushik Sircar Sircar Group, First edition (2014) pp. 159, Rs 250

A tender look back into the past

The generation of ‘midnights’ children’ may love to associate their birth hour as a matter of pride...

10 Feb 2016 12:49 AM IST

Dark things By Sukanya Venkatraghavan Hachette, pp. 355, Rs 350

Of monsters and dark worlds

We have grown up listening to the stories of gallant heroes defeating monsters and the protecting the world on the cusp...

10 Feb 2016 12:48 AM IST

Core concerns in indian defence and the imperatives for reforms By Vinod Misra IDSA & Pentagon Press, pp. 374, Rs 1,095

A wide-ranging review of India’s defence and decision-making

The matters that the title of this compendium covers, hinge upon civil-military relations, the very foundation of which,...

10 Feb 2016 12:45 AM IST

Shobha Nihalani

‘Write, rewrite till it becomes second nature’

Do you know the people who live around you Are they really who they claim to be Unresolved is one such novel that adds...

9 Feb 2016 11:18 PM IST

An illustration from Ghosts of Kingdoms Past

Graphically haunting

A graphic novel about spooky thrills and how ghosts may not behave the way you expect them to, especially if the person...

9 Feb 2016 11:09 PM IST

Fear and loathing, from Doon to 377

Fear and loathing, from Doon to 377

What does it mean to be gay in a milieu that vilifies same-sex desires How do you love when such feelings can get you...

6 Feb 2016 9:33 PM IST

26 dishes and the flavour of life

26 dishes and the flavour of life

There is a way in which we are all part of each other’s stories and Anita Nair plays on this conceit in her slim...

6 Feb 2016 9:28 PM IST