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Coverpage of Avni. (Image By Arrangement)

Book Review | A hunter's compelling defence, with tips for a more...

The bloodthirsty hunter' in the case was the well-known or notorious depending on your point of view hunter Nawab...

3 July 2022 5:22 PM IST

Coverpage of The Wait and Other Stories. (Image By Arrangement)

Book Review | Vivid, madcap stories with open endings

Mauzo's stories not just embrace unconventional themes, they also border on the bizarre, but the best thing is their...

3 July 2022 5:11 PM IST

Coverpage of Maverick Commissioner: The IPL-Lalit Modi Saga. (Image By Arrangement)

Book excerpt: How I got the scoop on Lalit Modi's BCCI exit and went...

That night in April, however, was different. The caller, I have to say in hindsight, influenced the decision-making to a...

3 July 2022 5:02 PM IST

Coverpage of The Living Mountain. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | The mountain lives to tell us what we know and no more

The conversation on climate change is ongoing. Direct in tone but not as powerful, the book adds little to that...

26 Jun 2022 12:19 AM IST

Coverpage of Hungry Humans. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | How youth is misspent in Kumbakonam

The acclaimed Tamil novel 'Pasitha Manidam', set in the Tamil heartland, is about human nature with its blemishes and...

26 Jun 2022 12:12 AM IST

Coverpage of An American Girl in India. (By Arrangement)

Book Excerpt: The many unlooked-for advantages of speaking Bangla and...

The book is an annotated edition of parts of 33 long letters I wrote my parents between 1963 and 1964 during my stay in...

26 Jun 2022 12:06 AM IST

Over the Edge By Vandana Kumari Jena. (Image by arrangement)

24 startling stories begging to be reread...

'Over the Edge' is like having an entire meal of short-eats or starters, each snack is fulfilling and tasty by itself

18 Jun 2022 11:56 PM IST

Rani Gaidinliu By Som Kamei. (Image by arrangement)

Book excerpt: India needs to learn about this intrepid queen' of N-E

Excerpt from 'Rani Gaidinliu: Legendary Freedom Fighter from the Northeast'

18 Jun 2022 11:52 PM IST

Pebblemonkey By Manindra Gupta. (Image by arrangement)

Book Review | Climate fantasy that captivates and concerns

Sinha preserves his voice in this work and deserves to be congratulated for presenting this literary gem to readers

18 Jun 2022 11:47 PM IST

The cover page of Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara. (By arrangement)

Book Review | Ambitious sci-fi certain to entertain

A system developed to end corruption and ruin ironically ends in chaos

12 Jun 2022 2:48 PM IST

The cover page of Editor Missing: The Media in Todays India by Ruben Banerjee. (By Arrangement)

Boom Review | Editor's memoir uncovers large-scale media rot

Banerjee's Editor Missing manages to hold the mirror to Indian media

12 Jun 2022 2:45 PM IST

The cover page of The Blue Book: A Writers Journal by Amitava Kumar. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Writer turns diarist, maps his own matrix of thoughts

It's a small book, sprinkled lightly with insight, with moments of intimacy and of honesty

12 Jun 2022 2:42 PM IST