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The Last Courtesan: Writing My Mothers Memoir. (Image: DC)

A Journalist Documents Life Story Of His Mother, The Courtesan

It is amazing how she avoids the pitfalls and picks her way through the muck

1 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Quarterlife, By Devika Rege. (Image: DC)

Bulky but satisfying inquiry into New India's dilemmas

New India has everyone riveted

24 Sept 2023 4:58 PM IST

Memoirs of a Maverick: The First 50 Years (1941-1991) By Mani Shankar Aiyar. (Image DC)

Politics, Pakistan were the two fatal attractions of Aiyar's life

Do we really believe all Pakistanis are jihadis

24 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India, By Manoj Mitta

Legal life of caste explodes myths, gives unsung reform heroes due

Caste Pride may not have been intended about organised violence against dalits

24 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness. (Image AA)

Unpacking the modern family, its ambitions and uncertainties

A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness is his second literary endeavour

17 Sept 2023 6:38 PM IST

Who Cares About Parliament by Derek OBrien. (Image: AA)

An insider critiques the Indian parliament

The subjects under discussion here can make for a useful handbook

17 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

Woke, Inc.: Inside the Social Justice Scam by Vivek Ramaswamy. (Image: AA)

Is the woke-industrial complex anti-merit and detrimental to growth?

Once corporations discovered wokeness, the inevitable happened: they used it to make money

17 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Launch Party. (Image: AA)

Silly, badly hatched murder mystery on the moon

As the guests get to know each other on the journey

9 Sept 2023 6:16 PM IST

Arvind Krishna Mehrotras Book of Rahim & Other Poems (Westland Books 2023) is an invocation of literary icons Rahim and Ghalib coupled with the precise juxtaposition of personal memories. (Image: DC)

Walking the lanes of personal history in Rahim's shoes

A review of Arvind Krishna Mehrotra's latest collection

9 Sept 2023 5:56 PM IST

She faces an assassination attempt outside her home in Bangalore a week after demonetisation when people are still dying in bank queues, waiting to get their money. (Image: DC)

Racy Tribute to Gauri Lankesh Has Heart in the Right Place

The police had said that they suspected it was a cut-out assassination attempt

9 Sept 2023 5:37 PM IST

THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE BY JAMES MCBRIDE. (Image: AA)

A mesmerizing Grocery store

A heartwarming story that spills with outrage, kindness, fear, compassion, and community spirit

6 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

A cigar-smoking monk, Vivekananda broke with stereotype. Well-versed in music and a polyglot, he was physically strong and good at various sports. (Image: DC)

Vivekananda's Hinduism valued human agency, rejected doxa

Vivekananda was outspoken regarding his thoughts on notions of purity

3 Sept 2023 9:13 AM IST