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Book Review | Funny But Unnerving Portrait of Pakistan

Book Review | Funny But Unnerving Portrait of Pakistan

The humour in Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif’s latest novel, Rebel English Academy, is disarming. Within a few pages of...

2 May 2026 11:51 AM IST

Book Review | National Symbols Vis-À-Vis Popular Values

Book Review | National Symbols Vis-À-Vis Popular Values

What makes a nation is indeed its people. One of the various interpretations of that statement is that a nation is...

2 May 2026 11:44 AM IST

Book Review | When Bandra is the Centre of Your World

Book Review | When Bandra is the Centre of Your World

Derived from ‘Bandar’ (meaning: harbour), Bandra remains the queen of Mumbai’s suburbs. This pocket of history in the...

25 April 2026 12:26 PM IST

Book Review | Ten Pieces of Assamese History

Book Review | Ten Pieces of Assamese History

What’s easy to like about this collection of stories is the sense of history they give you from the point of view of an...

25 April 2026 12:25 PM IST

Book Review | A Royal’s Baptism into Democratic Politics

Book Review | A Royal’s Baptism into Democratic Politics

Karan Singh’s life was not that of other royals whose states had merged with India at the time of Independence

25 April 2026 12:23 PM IST

Book Review | What Ails Private Hospitals: A Full Diagnosis

Book Review | What Ails Private Hospitals: A Full Diagnosis

In setting about the unenviable task of explaining the wide tangle of acronyms, medical procedures and legislations...

18 April 2026 10:48 PM IST

Book Review | A Woman Explores Art And Adulthood

Book Review | A Woman Explores Art And Adulthood

The strained relationship between Delhi and Asha is perhaps the most interesting part of this novel. While it’s...

18 April 2026 9:40 PM IST

Book Review | Why Cybersecurity About Culture As Well As Technology

Book Review | Why Cybersecurity About Culture As Well As Technology

The author has organised the book in four parts, each developing on the last, and you suddenly realise that there is no...

18 April 2026 9:25 PM IST

Book Review | The Exquisite Adventure of being ‘Different’

Book Review | The Exquisite Adventure of being ‘Different’

The mirror never lies. This is a story of mustering the courage to confront the mirror. Beautifully told, it stays with...

11 April 2026 12:17 PM IST

Book Review | Messages from an Emancipated Mind

Book Review | Messages from an Emancipated Mind

Read this book first thing in the morning before starting your day. It will freshen up your perspective

11 April 2026 12:15 PM IST

Book Review| The Many Vocabularies of Desire

Book Review| The Many Vocabularies of Desire

Edited by filmmaker and writer Paromita Vohra, the anthology brings together an array of voices, each delving into...

11 April 2026 12:14 PM IST

Chennai: Ladies’ Night Released in City

Chennai: Ladies’ Night Released in City

Ladies’ Night is a collection of 17 stories and a novella, covering genres ranging from love stories and social drama to...

7 April 2026 1:36 AM IST