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The Ambassador and the Private Eye By Krishnan Srinivasan.

Book Review | Somali ex-diplomat, one-armed ex-cop team up in cerebral...

The novel plays out in a sequence of episodic chapters, each dealing with a separate case

18 Dec 2021 6:58 PM IST

An old news photograph published during the 1971 war (Photo by arrangement)

How China compromised its socialist ideals and cozied up to America in...

China was the first major power to make a move by openly warning India

13 Dec 2021 7:35 AM IST

Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947.

Book Review | Spotlighting the finest Indian writing on cricket

It narrates the history of Indian cricket through earlier published reports of journalists who enjoyed a ringside view...

4 Dec 2021 9:03 PM IST

Parthibans Dream By Kalki Krishnamurthy.

Book Review | When Parthiban Kanavu morphs into Parthiban's Dream

No credit was given to the translators in the initial English renditions, an omission which was corrected in subsequent...

4 Dec 2021 9:00 PM IST

Name Place Animal Thing By Daribha Lyndem. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Memoiric fiction that paints vivid image of Shillong ...

There is no plot, but there are strong characters, most of whom are her family and friends

4 Dec 2021 8:58 PM IST

For India, China has been a problem for decades, even at a time when the world was fawning on that country for its growing economic clout and seemingly unending supplies of cheap goods. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Panchsheel and other delusions that wrongfooted our...

The ensuing conflict between the world's two Asian powers seems destined to be a defining process for global geopolitics

4 Dec 2021 8:56 PM IST

John Lang: Wanderer of Hindoostan, Slanderer in Hindoostanee, Lawyer for the Ranee By Amit Ranjan. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Discovering the Oz author who was lawyer for Rani of...

In his short life of 48 years, John Lang produced 23 novels, one travelogue, some plays and five volumes of poetry

20 Nov 2021 7:57 PM IST

Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute By Maroof Raza. (Amazon photo)

Book Review | Crouching Elephant, Hidden Dragon: This history is not...

The resulting shortcomings in dealing with the Chinese have cost India dearly in terms of its security and progress

20 Nov 2021 7:55 PM IST

Karunanidhi: A Life By A.S. Panneerselvan. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Truths about M. Karunanidhi & perspectives on Tamil...

One of the key takeaways in the book is the articulation of Karunanidhi's position vis-a-vis the Sri Lankan Tamil issue

20 Nov 2021 7:52 PM IST

Cover of the book.

Teen's eye view of surviving the trauma of being devil's daughter'

Vidhie's mother, Indrani, was arrested for allegedly murdering her sister, Sheena Bora

7 Nov 2021 10:08 AM IST

Cover of the book.

If wishes were horses, Satyapir would grant them and other legends

Wendy Doniger's book Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares is a constant delight

7 Nov 2021 9:54 AM IST

Cover of the book.

Mystery minus a detective unravels dynamics of a society

The book starts with a murder and ends with the reader finding out who did it

7 Nov 2021 9:46 AM IST