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Actress, dietician, poet and hobby runner Maria Goretti

Like food, literature omnipresent in all our lives: Maria Goretti

I write about life and love, and everything in-between. I don't really dwell on objects

20 Jan 2024 1:45 PM IST

Cover page of From Phansi Yard: My Year with the Women of Yerawada

Book Review | Lawyer's ballad' of Yerawada Jail reflects on the lives...

This resident of Phansi Yard has a writer's sensibility, and says in a matter-of-fact way

13 Jan 2024 1:18 PM IST

Cover page of Historys Angel

Book Review | A beautiful slow-burn novel sums up the Indian Muslim's...

No, it's a Muslim Delhi novel. It's an almost-historical novel. It's a contemporary novel

13 Jan 2024 1:01 PM IST

Cover page of Guilt Trip and Other Stories

Book Review | Women's doubts and decisions, gracefully deciphered

As straightforward as they seem, the stories in Guilt Trip work on several levels

13 Jan 2024 12:49 PM IST

Fighting Retreat: Winston Churchill and India By Walter Reid. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Churchill's policy towards India was dishonest and...

I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion

7 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Traitors Gate By Jeffrey Archer. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Old-fashioned heist thriller goes down to the wire

Can the thieves get the better of the police or will the police force outsmart them?

7 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

The Perfume Project By Divrina Dhingra. (Image: DC)

Book Review | An obtrusive storyteller's fascinating project

A series of Indian scents takes the reader on a journey far and wide

7 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

In addition to such symbols of fraternity as staying frequently with Muslim hosts, such as Dr. Ansari, and his companions from Khilafat days, the Maulana brothers Mohammed and Shaukat Ali and acting as a pallbearer when their remarkable mother, Bi-Amma, dies,he spent his last night before he famously picked up a fistful of salt mixed with mud to defy the colonial regime at the Dandi home of Shiraz Abdullahbhai. By Arrangement

History & realpolitik, from the mouth of the Mahatma

The enduring theme of the Mahatma's concerns is the imperative of Hindu-Muslim unity

30 Dec 2023 4:31 PM IST

Not being committed to any ideology was an advantage. It enabled Mukherjee to assess events and individuals from a relatively independent standpoint. By Arrangement

Book Review | A career unimpeded by ideology & protected by Indira's...

Not that the future President of India waffled. He was vigorously involved on many fronts and always a vocal theorist

23 Dec 2023 5:06 PM IST

From the narrow, tortuous lanes of Upar Kot (christened cheekily UK by the author), Farsh Manzil, to his home, on the unofficial line of control between two adjacent Hindu and Muslim ghettos a point where two universes intersected that would also be seared in the blaze of hatred, and the genteel neighborhood of Civil Lines where homeowners nonetheless refuse to rent out rooms upon hearing a Mohameddan name the book describes the contrasts while showcasing a remarkably honest lookback at how life, families and communities shape minds and mindsets. By Arrangement

Book Review | Pick your battles honestly to survive city of fire

The story of the author is inevitably woven into the story of the city

23 Dec 2023 5:02 PM IST

This is why I was surprised to learn from the introduction of the book that Bahadur Shah of Gujarat is something of a lost king. Overlooked by history, hidden in the crevices of better-known peoples stories, and often, when mentioned at all, designated as something of a villain. By Arrangement

Book Review | Colossus from the lost pages of India's chequered...

As the son and grandson of sultans, Bahadur Shah is ambitious

23 Dec 2023 4:59 PM IST

Silloo was an alumnus of Elphinstone College and J.J. School of Art in Bombay. Painting was a hobby that she pursued with passion. A voracious reader, she was well informed on many subjects. By Arrangement

Book Excerpt | Silloo, able wife of Sam Manekshaw

Silloo became the quintessential army wife, stepping up to wear the boots and keeping the home fires burning while her...

23 Dec 2023 4:56 PM IST