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In a short story, where each word should move the story further, Potkar uses compression, striking a fine balance between what is revealed and what is concealed. (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | Smell the spirit of Bombay in the margins of these...

Potkar's book with its exquisite use of catalogue, language that soothes and stabs, and sharp observations, is a...

12 Sept 2021 1:28 AM IST

Cover Page of China Room by Sunjeev Sahota. (Twitter)

Book Review | When memory refracts into gripping fiction

It is the story of a 15-year-old bride in 1929 and her 18-year-old great grandson

29 Aug 2021 1:43 AM IST

Cover Page of The Illuminated by Anindita Ghose.

Book Review | Finely rendered study of grief offset by predictable...

The narrative deliciously dips into different times in the characters' lives, never disrupting the flow

29 Aug 2021 1:27 AM IST

Cover Page of One Love, and the Many Lives of Osip B by C.P. Surendran . (Twitter)

Book Review | Trippy reverie on Stalinism, sexism, Delhi and death of...

It is also an account of how group rights come to impinge on individual freedoms

29 Aug 2021 1:08 AM IST

Warning: Be prepared to laugh and cry. Cover Image of The Eminently Forgettable Life of Mrs Pankajam by Meera Rajagopalan. (Twitter)

Book review | Unbearable old secrets from a desi mom's diary

While real life diaries are fascinating, fictional diaries can be just as engrossing

15 Aug 2021 2:52 AM IST

The other towering structures yet to cast their shadow on the tree lined avenues of the capital or blight the spotless face of Connaught Place. (Twitter)

Book review | Spirit wins in this fine portrait of the capital in more...

Today the changing power equations and the social churning have thrown up a new elite

15 Aug 2021 2:25 AM IST

Rasheed Kidwais meticulously researched book The House of Scindias A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue weaves a fascinating tale providing both anecdotes and insights that revived memories of that fateful last meeting with Madhavrao. (Twitter)

Book review | A full and impartial political biography of Gwalior's...

Kidwai is not afraid to write on the dubious role played by the Royal House of Gwalior during the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny

15 Aug 2021 1:36 AM IST

Following the tenure of Indias first Defence Minister, Baldev Singh, from September 1946 till May1952, there was no full-time cabinet rank defence minister till April 1957. (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | Achievements in India's defence research despite many...

The Defence Science Organisation was formed in 1956 for initiating studies and development of futuristic weapon systems

1 Aug 2021 2:11 AM IST

The story starts with the main character Yamuna heading for Banaras, in a train, to visit her maternal grandfather (thaatha). (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | What it means to be a family and other profound secrets

During her visit to Banaras, Yamuna manages to sneak some family letters from her grandfather's files

1 Aug 2021 2:10 AM IST

The release of the book is perfectly timed to coincide with the month of the birth anniversary of Ganguly (July 18), the first female doctor to practise in India, and the International Doctors Day (July 1). (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | Clear-eyed and engrossing look back at six Indian...

To her credit, Kavitha Rao's Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India's First Women in Medicine steers clear of such...

1 Aug 2021 2:08 AM IST

Policymakers Journal is in two parts. The first 215-page section, The Delhi Years 2009-2012 , presents an insiders view of Indias governance during an exciting period of history. (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | An economist's cheeky jottings on bureaucracy's quirks,...

He is a delightful raconteur whose diary straddles many walks of life

1 Aug 2021 1:03 AM IST

Cover page of Anthropocene by Sudeep Sen. (Twitter)

A melange of insights that elate and sadden

Sen uses his voice to bring home every atrocity we have wrought on this planet, on ourselves and our lives

18 July 2021 2:43 AM IST