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Book Review | A spices violent trajectory begs us, do not other nature, old societies

Book Review | A spice's violent trajectory begs us, do not other'...

What happens when you get to the last page of a book feeling a bit confused and intrigued?

20 March 2022 12:14 AM IST

Book Review | Joy, heartbreak, anger: What women write

Book Review | Joy, heartbreak, anger: What women write

In a model case scenario, there should be no reason to have a separate category of women's fiction other than to amplify...

20 March 2022 12:11 AM IST

Book Review | Is dialogue the key to firming our grasp on Indo-Pak ties?

Book Review | Is dialogue the key to firming our grasp on Indo-Pak...

The author has got together forty nine Indians and Pakistanis to pen their views on the subject

20 March 2022 12:07 AM IST

Cover image of the book Gangas Choice and Other Stories by Vaasanthi. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | How humanity redeems the individual

Many of the stories end on a note of satisfaction for the reader, as when retribution or karma catches up

13 March 2022 12:46 AM IST

Cover Image of the book India and Asian Geopolitics by Shivshankar Menon. (By arrangement)

Book Review | Sharp, broad and objective look at India's foreign...

Menon's book is about India in the context of Asian geopolitics, a most complex subject

6 March 2022 2:46 AM IST

Cover Image of Incantations over Water by Sharanya Manivannan. (By arrangement)

Book review | A mermaid's story told in poetic prose, with eye...

The story is told from the point of view of Ila, a half-woman, half-mermaid

6 March 2022 2:38 AM IST

over Image of The Art of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World by Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | The Internet can be intrusive: Better learn how to be...

However, when you think about privacy, it is worth asking if every message is really worth saving

6 March 2022 1:00 AM IST

Cover Image of Homi J. Bhabha: A Renaissance Man among Scientists by Biman Nath.

An authentic biography of a scientific pioneer

Written by Biman Nath, the book aims to popularise science and the history science amongst lay readers

27 Feb 2022 3:58 AM IST

Cover Image of the book The Middle Finger by Saikat Majumdar.

Book Review | Poetry, privilege and a teacher's duties

This book gives you a good look at the world of global academia, and how different cultures merge seamlessly in the...

27 Feb 2022 3:27 AM IST

Cover Image of the book Why They Killed Gandhi by Ashok Kumar Pandey.

Book Review | Clear-eyed perspective on Mahatma's assassination

The first thing that strikes you about this book is its no-nonsense writing

27 Feb 2022 2:45 AM IST

Cover image of the book Afghanistan: The New Great Game Edited by Alok Bansal. (Twitter)

Book Review | Who's who in the New Great Game that has started in...

The US abandoning Afghanistan to let it fall to the Taliban is one of the greatest catastrophes of the 21st century

20 Feb 2022 3:45 AM IST

Cover image of the book The Rossogolla Murders by Debeshi Gooptu. (Twitter)

Book Review | Murders, served with dollops of laughter

Dolly is suspected of one of the murders and it is up to Mini to don the sleuth's hat and clear her friend's name

20 Feb 2022 2:30 AM IST