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Sculpture of toastmaster. (By Arrangement)

Sridhar Balan | Raising a toast to the golden storytelling legacy of...

Each toast no doubt comprised a story about the happy couple

8 May 2022 11:41 AM IST

Cover image of Crunch Time: Narendra Modis National Security Crises

Book Review | In praise of Modi's calibrated risk-taking on the...

The author sees PM Modi as the man of the hour, the man of destiny, who has completely altered India's security and...

8 May 2022 11:31 AM IST

Cover image of a mirror made of rain

Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie

The main character Noomi Wadia is a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, bright Parsi woman

8 May 2022 11:22 AM IST

Tamada, the toastmaster. (Photo credit: Sridhar Balan)

Raising a toast to the golden storytelling legacy of Tbilisi

The world book capital was an initiative started by Unesco in 2001 after the idea was mooted first in Madrid in 1995

8 May 2022 11:13 AM IST

Cover image of Dark Secrets: Politics, Intrigue and Proxy Wars in Kashmir by Iqbal Chand Malhotra. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Joining the dots to complete Partition puzzle

Whatever it resulted in was a course of events for which India is dearly paying till date

1 May 2022 12:55 AM IST

over image of the book Diamonds are Forever, So are Morals by Govind Dholakia. (By Arrangement)

Book Excerpt | How visiting Antwerp and keeping my word transformed my...

Before it was known for its diamonds, Antwerp was the most important trading and financial centre in Western Europe

1 May 2022 12:35 AM IST

Cover image of the book Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist by Chandrachur Ghose. (By Arrangement)

book Review | Relook at Netaji, the inconvenient one who made all the...

After all, he did more in two decades than most other heroes achieved in a lifetime

1 May 2022 12:26 AM IST

Cover image of the book Aligarh Muslim University: The Making of the Modern Indian Muslim by Mohammed Wajihuddin. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Biography of AMU reflects quest of the Indian Muslim

The book's everlasting impact on a young reader like me lies in the part that describes the struggles for any creative...

1 May 2022 12:23 AM IST

Cover Imagr of the book Blue Sky, White Cloud: Three Novellas by Nirmal Ghosh . (By Arrangement)

Book excerpt | Walking through the Indo-Malaysian rainforests infested...

Deben knew there was a strange trust between them, and he was secretly pleased when the villagers teased him about his...

24 April 2022 12:57 AM IST

Cover image of the book Gandhis Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India by Dhirendra Jha. (by Arrangement)

Book Review | Good journalism shows difference between history,...

Jha traces the journey of Gandhi's killer from the latter's childhood in a story-telling format

24 April 2022 12:57 AM IST

Cover Imsge of the book, Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Lesbian girl's family drama let down by plot device

Nawaaz Ahmed has a gift for the language that will likely brighten with usage, as he grows in simplicity and wisdom

24 April 2022 12:43 AM IST

Cover Image of the book Why Dont You Write Something I Might Read? Reading, Writing and Arrhythmia by Suresh Menon. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Of writers, ghostwriters and the magic of written words

This book is the result of a sportswriter turning his lens on to literature

17 April 2022 12:44 AM IST