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Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in Delhi

Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in Delhi

Originally a ‘semi-desert’, the history of Delhi can be traced through its gardens. The very first trees planted...

3 Aug 2024 11:25 AM IST

Book Review | How books transform lives

Book Review | How books transform lives

This book, originally published in German, and very well translated into English by Melody Shaw, is a story set in...

27 July 2024 1:52 PM IST

Book Review | The audacious flight of IndiGo

Book Review | The audacious flight of IndiGo

The story of IndiGo airlines was long overdue and the author has scripted a book just the way a hard-nosed reporter...

27 July 2024 1:39 PM IST

Book Review | So many windows to minds of great Indian poets, seers

Book Review | So many windows to minds of great Indian poets, seers

Welcome to language scholar and sitarist Srinivas Reddy’s distillation of the multifarious texts that together...

27 July 2024 1:31 PM IST

There are 15 other stories in this volume, all worth a dip. Some may not be as compelling as others. Even so, they deserve a read. By Arrangement

Book Review | Crisp whodunits, cute investigators

The first volume is largely a selection of stories of private investigators following the whodunit template as...

13 July 2024 5:41 PM IST

The dark, horrible underbelly of society is there in all its starkness; there are no masks, no euphemisms to protect the reader. Many sections of the book bring a lump to the throat. The tears well up not only at the inhumanness of fellow beings but also with sheer admiration for this indomitable woman, her band of warriors and what they have accomplished. By Arrangement

Book Review | How a girl fought and won against rape culture

While giving detailed descriptions of situations and incidents, Krishnan also introspects with great frankness and...

13 July 2024 5:37 PM IST

Jadu seems destined to succeed. His mother, pregnant with him, survives a cobra bite, delivers him, and, in later years, delivers two more children, both girls, one of whom dies after a mysterious encounter with a fox . DC Image

Book Review | The '30s-born Bihari man's best life

Book Review | The '30s-born Bihari man's best life

13 July 2024 5:27 PM IST

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Book Review | Rebirth of a classic on Indian coal town

The prose is fluid and inviting, as it keeps the reader hooked to the seemingly ordinary life of the characters

6 July 2024 12:20 PM IST

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Book Review | Train of nostalgia to '60s Bombay

One story stands out as obvious fiction: it's about a young British lady who visits India to marry a wealthy British man

6 July 2024 12:13 PM IST

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Book Review | A witty biography of the most popular human body part

The English language boasts over 700 terms for the breasts most of them coined by men

6 July 2024 12:09 PM IST

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Book Review | Apocalypse when, asks this brief history of superbugs

A must-read, and not only for science buffs

29 Jun 2024 1:04 PM IST

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Book Review | How the MEA was knocked together

The book's range and recounting of many little-known diplomatic episodes make it an interesting and educative read

29 Jun 2024 12:58 PM IST