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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

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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

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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

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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

Cover of the book The Promise

South African novelist Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for 'The...

'The Promise' is the story of a troubled Afrikaner family and its broken promise to a Black employee

5 Nov 2021 7:57 AM IST

Cover Image of Gaurie Dwivedis How Will the World Counter China?.

Book Review | Dragon rising: How India can help world

The well-researched book takes a bird's eye view of the challenges that a rising and basically belligerent China...

24 Oct 2021 2:59 AM IST

Every chapter of the book tells an equally sordid tale of a young life destroyed by police and other government security agencies. (DC Image)

Book Review | Cut down in their prime and living with the tag of...

Overall, the book compiles the ordeals of 16 such young men

24 Oct 2021 2:43 AM IST

Cover Image of Namita Gokhales book The Blind Matriarch.

Book Review | Pandemic, and traumas past: Finding a gentler way...

Reading Namita Gokhale's latest book The Blind Matriarch is an essential, gentle remembering

24 Oct 2021 2:12 AM IST

On the Open Road

A week's plan works for me'

An inspirational story of three people who refuse to give up on themselves

21 Oct 2021 10:48 AM IST

Cover page of An Island by Karen Jennings

Book review | Taut psychological thriller asks key political questions

It never feels like a dense psychological thriller, even though that is exactly what it is

10 Oct 2021 11:06 AM IST