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Book Review | Rajaji Effect Strong in Memoir

Book Review | Rajaji Effect Strong in Memoir

Arguably the best part of the book — for those who seek to understand how things work on the inside — is its second half

24 May 2025 12:49 PM IST

Book Review | In The Shallows Of Family Secrets

Book Review | In The Shallows Of Family Secrets

Even as Govil sensitively renders the inner life of these characters, the orbit of their every day is left unrealised

17 May 2025 1:43 PM IST

Book Review | Gritty Delhi, Glitzy Delhi And All Delhis In-Between

Book Review | Gritty Delhi, Glitzy Delhi And All Delhis In-Between

The other thing about this anthology that really makes a difference is that many of the pieces have been translated from...

17 May 2025 1:42 PM IST

Book Review | INA Trials: How Pragmatism Won

Book Review | INA Trials: How Pragmatism Won

While Reed’s book is now of mainly archival interest, Ashis Ray’s recalls history in the making

17 May 2025 1:40 PM IST

Book Review | Tam Bram Wedding A Draw In Washington

Book Review | Tam Bram Wedding A Draw In Washington

Washingtonil Thirumanam was first serialised in the popular Tamil weekly, Ananda Vikatan in the early ’60s

3 May 2025 12:59 PM IST

Book Review | Facebook Unmasked By Page-Turner

Book Review | Facebook Unmasked By Page-Turner

Wynn-Williams’ journey with Facebook is chequered, uncharted and completely out of the box, just as her travels and...

3 May 2025 12:58 PM IST

Book Review | Can Theatre Reunite, Offer Redemption?

Book Review | Can Theatre Reunite, Offer Redemption?

The Comeback is the story of Jaun Kazim and Asghar Abbasi who have been best friends since their college days in Baansa,...

3 May 2025 12:56 PM IST

Book Review | ‘I Write Lest I Succumb to Savagery’

Book Review | ‘I Write Lest I Succumb to Savagery’

The haunting title for this piece is taken from one of the editors, Al-Zaqzooq’s own heart-wrenching prose account of...

27 April 2025 1:05 AM IST

Book Review | A Challenging Thought Anthology On The Idea of India

Book Review | A Challenging Thought Anthology On The Idea of India

There would be many who will argue that other schools of thought, especially the Charvakas, or the Materialist School,...

27 April 2025 1:02 AM IST

Book Review | Prepare for slow reading and much thinking

Book Review | Prepare for slow reading and much thinking

Human life as we know it is on the brink of extinction, and several communities are tasked to preserve life under the...

27 April 2025 12:59 AM IST

Book Review | A Nobel Laureate’s Sense of Snow

Book Review | A Nobel Laureate’s Sense of Snow

A message from a close friend and professional partner, a photographer, Inseon, wakes Kyungha from this existence....

19 April 2025 7:32 PM IST

Book Review | Ideal, Idyllic Bhutan Still Young and Restless

Book Review | Ideal, Idyllic Bhutan Still Young and Restless

From the author’s account of the political processes in his country, it is obvious that the country’s polity is deeply...

19 April 2025 6:00 PM IST