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Book Review | A Civil Servant’s World of Toons

Book Review | A Civil Servant’s World of Toons

It’s not easy being a bureaucrat and cartoonist at the same time, especially with the restrictions of the all-pervasive...

28 Feb 2026 1:25 PM IST

Book Review | An Expedition Weighed Down by Good Intentions

Book Review | An Expedition Weighed Down by Good Intentions

Though it is gratifying to observe the adeptness of the plotting and scale at which it is all accomplished, the...

28 Feb 2026 1:23 PM IST

Book Review | A Young Thief’s Forbidden Love

Book Review | A Young Thief’s Forbidden Love

As the story unfurls, the book takes on the hues of a thriller, keeping readers eagerly turning the pages. A fabulous...

21 Feb 2026 12:28 PM IST

Book Review | Notes on How to Navigate Life

Book Review | Notes on How to Navigate Life

Readers who have enjoyed Aiyar’s travel books, such as Smoke and Mirrors and Punjabi Parmesan, and were hoping for...

21 Feb 2026 12:27 PM IST

Book Review | Flavours From a Distant Mountain

Book Review | Flavours From a Distant Mountain

In twenty-eight chapters, Saxena records twenty-eight Kargili dishes and their recipes

21 Feb 2026 12:24 PM IST

Can Build The Human Genome in 20 Years: Adrian Woolfson

Can Build The Human Genome in 20 Years: Adrian Woolfson

ADRIAN WOOLFSON, scientist and founder of Genyro, has authored a brave new book, 'On the Future of Species'. Here,...

20 Feb 2026 2:56 PM IST

Book Review | Strong Characterisation Redeems English Winter

Book Review | Strong Characterisation Redeems English Winter

It does, however, along the way, get you invested in a few of its characters, an art that appears largely forgotten in...

14 Feb 2026 11:39 PM IST

Book Review | A Raconteur Unravels The Mysteries Of Internet

Book Review | A Raconteur Unravels The Mysteries Of Internet

Some of the sharpness of his views comes from this feeling of being a misfit in the mainstream. He doesn’t find...

14 Feb 2026 6:06 PM IST

Book Review | Cultural Milestone In Corporate Law

Book Review | Cultural Milestone In Corporate Law

The architecture of a corporate law firm is different from a typical company, even a major shift away from a regular...

14 Feb 2026 5:37 PM IST

Book Review | Reverse-Engineered ‘State-of-the-Nation’ Stories

Book Review | Reverse-Engineered ‘State-of-the-Nation’ Stories

This is not Anita Nair at her best, unfortunately. The stories are not tight, there’s a lot of meandering, which can...

7 Feb 2026 12:01 PM IST

Book Review | Rolling Vista of ‘Real India’

Book Review | Rolling Vista of ‘Real India’

The Social Life of Indian Trains is a slim volume — more like an expanded essay than a fully-fledged, book-length work

7 Feb 2026 11:59 AM IST

Book Review | Lifestyle Journalism Becomes Political

Book Review | Lifestyle Journalism Becomes Political

Vasudev is not trying to write a polemic or a theory-heavy intervention. The politics of the book emerges through...

7 Feb 2026 11:56 AM IST