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Book Review | The Radicalism of Jesus Christ Portrayed Affectingly

Book Review | The Radicalism of Jesus Christ Portrayed Affectingly

Malayalam author Benyamin shot to prominence among English-reading circles when he was awarded the 2014 JCB Prize for...

14 Jun 2025 1:30 PM IST

Book Review | Magical Folktales From Arunachal Pradesh’s Peaks And Forests

Book Review | Magical Folktales From Arunachal Pradesh’s Peaks And...

The first story is of a boy, learning from his father to hunt, to track his prey and use his strength and his bow and...

7 Jun 2025 4:11 PM IST

Book Review | Live Safeguard Of Our Freedom

Book Review | Live Safeguard Of Our Freedom

Tomes have already been written on the Indian Constitution, which is the world’s longest written Constitution for any...

7 Jun 2025 4:01 PM IST

Book Review | Women’s Lives, Women’s Angst

Book Review | Women’s Lives, Women’s Angst

While the threat of another wife may be specific to their religion, most of the other problems these women face are...

7 Jun 2025 3:04 PM IST

Book Review | The Underdog Also Walks In Space

Book Review | The Underdog Also Walks In Space

While India did all that for a fraction of the money other countries poured into their ventures, mere finances isn’t the...

31 May 2025 2:16 PM IST

Book Review | Story of Indian Independence’s ‘Real’ First War

Book Review | Story of Indian Independence’s ‘Real’ First War

A novel, no doubt, but what no one knows is that it did refer to India’s first war of Independence. Not the Sepoy Mutiny...

31 May 2025 2:07 PM IST

Book Review | How Literature Rent The Iron Curtain

Book Review | How Literature Rent The Iron Curtain

Not only that, ideas have and continue to be used by governments and other powerful institutions to further their...

31 May 2025 1:57 PM IST

Book Review | The Hidden Histories of Indian Languages

Book Review | The Hidden Histories of Indian Languages

In the second half, a shift in focus takes place, and the southern Indian languages are inquired into. The cultural...

24 May 2025 12:56 PM IST

Book Review | Refreshing Portrait of a Cult Figure in Carnatic Music

Book Review | Refreshing Portrait of a Cult Figure in Carnatic Music

Through the book Sanjay comes across as a very hard-working sincere musician who is intelligent enough to reinvent...

24 May 2025 12:51 PM IST

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