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Cover photo of Death in Shambles by Stephen Alter. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Naturalist's whodunit is crisp and satisfying

Review of 'Death in Shambles' by Stephen Alter.

12 March 2023 12:36 AM IST

Cover photo of Friends with Benefits: The India-US Story by Seema Sirohi. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | India-US ties: Will a shadow fall between friendship &...

Review of 'Friends with Benefits: The India-US Story' by Seema Sirohi.

12 March 2023 12:33 AM IST

While the intent is one that would have the support of all Indians and their global allies, the question is, how exactly is India poised on the world stage? (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | No room for atavism if India hopes to be a leading world...

The first distinction of importance is the definition of world powers and where India stands or seeks to stand

4 March 2023 11:38 PM IST

Book Review | Cong vs BJP: Ideological analysis rings hollow sans class perspective

Book Review | Cong vs BJP: Ideological' analysis rings hollow sans...

A study of ideology can hardly be divested from an enquiry into class, which is not undertaken here

4 March 2023 10:59 PM IST

Its a series of essays about Sara Rais 1960s. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | Premchand's grandchild curates her memories

Only when I had the book in my hands did I realise that Sara Rai is the granddaughter of that great writer in Hindi,...

4 March 2023 10:49 PM IST

Cover photo of India in Search of Glory: Political Calculus and Economy by Ashok K. Lahiri. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Policies that leverage behavioural economics can effect...

One of the important tasks the book accomplishes is the systematic dismantling of various myths that tend to divide...

26 Feb 2023 1:41 AM IST

Cover photo of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India by Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy T. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Shocking study on drug regulation leaves us wiser

What Thakur and Reddy have done here is a public service: To carefully lay out the problems we face when it comes to...

26 Feb 2023 1:39 AM IST

Cover photo of Victory City by Salman Rushdie. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Allegory for a civilisation in crisis an ode to undying...

Despite its serious subtexts, however, Victory City is, first and foremost, a joyous outpouring of the author's bravura...

26 Feb 2023 1:37 AM IST

Cover photo of The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Sensuous, meditative, Pico falters around people, but...

Kashmir and Broome are the parts when The Half Known Life is at its best. It suffers when the people Iyer meets do not...

19 Feb 2023 12:49 AM IST

Cover photo of The Hyderabad Heist by Sharmishtha Shenoy. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | A captivating account of India's biggest museum heist

Review of 'The Hyderabad Heist' by Sharmishtha Shenoy.

19 Feb 2023 12:44 AM IST

Cover photo of The Indian Metropolis by Feroze Varun Gandhi. (Photo by arrangement)

Interview | Our cities have neglected buses; built metro, boosted...

Strapline: His latest book, The Indian Metropolis, highlights the challenges of urban India and is written over three...

19 Feb 2023 12:19 AM IST

Cover photo of Insatiable by Shobhaa De. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | De does not flinch from baring deepest frailties,...

Review of 'Insatiable' by Shobhaa De.

12 Feb 2023 12:36 AM IST