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Book Review | Story of Indian Independence’s ‘Real’ First WarBooks
Book Review | Story of Indian Independence’s ‘Real’ First War

A novel, no doubt, but what no one knows is that it did refer to India’s first war of Independence. Not the Sepoy Mutiny...

31 May 2025 2:07 PM IST

Book Review | How Literature Rent The Iron CurtainBooks
Book Review | How Literature Rent The Iron Curtain

Not only that, ideas have and continue to be used by governments and other powerful institutions to further their...

31 May 2025 1:57 PM IST

Book Review | The Hidden Histories of Indian LanguagesBooks
Book Review | The Hidden Histories of Indian Languages

In the second half, a shift in focus takes place, and the southern Indian languages are inquired into. The cultural...

24 May 2025 12:56 PM IST

Book Review | Refreshing Portrait of a Cult Figure in Carnatic MusicBooks
Book Review | Refreshing Portrait of a Cult Figure in Carnatic Music

Through the book Sanjay comes across as a very hard-working sincere musician who is intelligent enough to reinvent...

24 May 2025 12:51 PM IST

Book Review | Rajaji Effect Strong in MemoirBooks
Book Review | Rajaji Effect Strong in Memoir

Arguably the best part of the book — for those who seek to understand how things work on the inside — is its second half

24 May 2025 12:49 PM IST

Book Review | In The Shallows Of Family SecretsBooks
Book Review | In The Shallows Of Family Secrets

Even as Govil sensitively renders the inner life of these characters, the orbit of their every day is left unrealised

17 May 2025 1:43 PM IST

Book Review | Gritty Delhi, Glitzy Delhi And All Delhis In-BetweenBooks
Book Review | Gritty Delhi, Glitzy Delhi And All Delhis In-Between

The other thing about this anthology that really makes a difference is that many of the pieces have been translated from...

17 May 2025 1:42 PM IST

Book Review | INA Trials: How Pragmatism WonBooks
Book Review | INA Trials: How Pragmatism Won

While Reed’s book is now of mainly archival interest, Ashis Ray’s recalls history in the making

17 May 2025 1:40 PM IST

Book Review | Tam Bram Wedding A Draw In WashingtonBooks
Book Review | Tam Bram Wedding A Draw In Washington

Washingtonil Thirumanam was first serialised in the popular Tamil weekly, Ananda Vikatan in the early ’60s

3 May 2025 12:59 PM IST

Book Review | Facebook Unmasked By Page-TurnerBooks
Book Review | Facebook Unmasked By Page-Turner

Wynn-Williams’ journey with Facebook is chequered, uncharted and completely out of the box, just as her travels and...

3 May 2025 12:58 PM IST

Book Review | Can Theatre Reunite, Offer Redemption?Books
Book Review | Can Theatre Reunite, Offer Redemption?

The Comeback is the story of Jaun Kazim and Asghar Abbasi who have been best friends since their college days in Baansa,...

3 May 2025 12:56 PM IST

Book Review | ‘I Write Lest I Succumb to Savagery’Books
Book Review | ‘I Write Lest I Succumb to Savagery’

The haunting title for this piece is taken from one of the editors, Al-Zaqzooq’s own heart-wrenching prose account of...

27 April 2025 1:05 AM IST

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