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Book Review | Spectres and spirits of Bengal past

Book Review | Spectres and spirits of Bengal past

Sucheta Dasgupta has carefully selected and translated six of Mukhopadhyay's stories in the folk/fairy tale and fantasy...

17 Dec 2023 1:35 AM IST

A Man from Motihari. (Image: DC)

A Man from Motihari, A lyrical tale of love, loss and breaking...

Like Patna Blues, the writer's earlier novel, the writing is unpretentious and evocative

13 Dec 2023 5:32 PM IST

Crook Manifesto By Colson Whitehead. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Of crookedness, conscience and a spoofy tour of Harlem

Carney is determined to beg, steal, or borrow, but none of his friends or old contacts in the criminal world can help

10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

A Bollywood State of Mind By Sunny Singh. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Ode to Bollywood, memory and the power of cinema

A Bollywood State of Mind is a biography punctuated and headlined, quite literally, by Hindi film titles, songs, trivia,...

10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers

Book Excerpt | Pranab: How I had worked with Indira, Sonia, Manmohan...

I felt that while Dr Singh might not have been as aggressive as Pranab in voicing his opinions

10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Cover photo of Adman Madman: Unapologetically Prahlad by Prahlad Kakar, with Rupangi Sharma. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | How to prank and laugh your way to success

Prahlad is very honest about his own shortcomings and the painful lessons he had to learn through his youth.

2 Dec 2023 10:42 PM IST

Cover photo of Three Countries, Three Lives: A Doctors Story by Lindy Rajan Cartner. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | Tamil Christian girl from Rangoon becomes a doctor

The author has been able to be objective in the recording of personal, social and professional experiences.

2 Dec 2023 10:34 PM IST

Cover photo of The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | A barely-there romance, but a rip-roaring stressbuster!

The Burnout is far, far from perfect. But it's so funny that even my strict inner editor doesn't care.

2 Dec 2023 10:30 PM IST

Cover photo of Another Sort of Freedom: A Memoir by Gurcharan Das. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | A memoir, journal or laundry list? Or man gargling in...

This is the kind of memoir that leaves nothing out.

18 Nov 2023 11:23 PM IST

Cover photo Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | Women in WW2 prison camp stick by one another

The novel is based on a true story.

18 Nov 2023 11:20 PM IST

Cover photo of Western Lane by Chetna Maroo. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | Brilliant debut on precocious girl consumed by squash

The characters emerge clearly as the story progresses.

18 Nov 2023 11:17 PM IST

Cover photo of The Taliban and I. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Excerpt | An Indian woman's first encounter with the Taliban

Exceprt of 'The Taliban and I' by Sushmita Bandyopadhyay.

18 Nov 2023 11:15 PM IST