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A powerful temple-run desi thriller

A powerful temple-run desi thriller

A riveting read that masterfully weaves in Indian mythology, fact, fiction, history and spins it around into an...

14 Aug 2024 12:02 AM IST

Book Review | Twisted love before fall of Berlin Wall

Book Review | Twisted love before fall of Berlin Wall

“Will you come to my funeral?” is an opening line that quite effectively foreshadows what is to follow — a grim...

10 Aug 2024 12:56 PM IST

Book Review | Lessons on how to navigate the Indian reality

Book Review | Lessons on how to navigate the Indian reality

Magsaysay Award-winning social activist Aruna Roy's memoir is a seismic jolt to the complacent conscience. She...

10 Aug 2024 12:34 PM IST

Book Review | When India let Tibet down

Book Review | When India let Tibet down

Time and again history has shown that great powers tend to shape the world according to their...

10 Aug 2024 12:29 PM IST

Book Review | As Gaza bleeds, a memoir!

Book Review | As Gaza bleeds, a memoir!

This compelling book is a composite of “memoir with a deeply historical narrative”. It presents both a fascinating...

3 Aug 2024 11:59 AM IST

Book Review | A mother and a free spirit?

Book Review | A mother and a free spirit?

Just how well do you or did you know your mother? Anita Desai explores the mother-child relationship in her new...

3 Aug 2024 11:52 AM IST

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