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Tales from the tail end: my cancer diary, by Ananya Mukherjee Speaking Tiger, Rs 399.

An unflinching look at death, celebrating beauty amid loss

They are trying to show their past avatars as functional members of society.

22 Sept 2019 2:54 AM IST

The New Delhi Conspiracy by Meenakshi Lekhi with Krishna Kumar HarperCollins, Rs 299.

Thriller as a parable of PM Modi's India

The book, as the title suggests, is based in the national capital.

22 Sept 2019 2:49 AM IST

Mohan Das Pai have cautioned that dramatic shift in technology and artificial intelligence has created disruption in industries and posed a threat to humankind. (Representational image/ Pixabay image)

Would you date Alexa if she had a mind of her own?

In the last two decades, both artificial intelligence and robotics have developed significantly and seem to permeate all...

20 Sept 2019 2:19 AM IST

Grey Sunshine: Stories From Teach For India, by Sandeep Rai Aleph pp 296; Rs 399.

Grim, moving stories alter your worldview

The trouble is that India has never really known how to address poverty by delivering quality education to the poor.

20 Sept 2019 2:12 AM IST

By Anup Vijay, Voice over: Sankalp Rastogi Publisher: Storytel Original IN.

Agents anonymous

Author Anup Vijay cooks up a RAW thriller with his audiobook in Hindi Zero to Bravo.

18 Sept 2019 12:09 AM IST

By Rajesh Shankaran, Publisher: AC Publisher, Pp. 316, Rs 280.

For the thrill of crime fiction

Rajesh Shankaran's second crime thriller, Switch in Time, is inspired by women who defy old patriarchal norms.

18 Sept 2019 12:07 AM IST

Swerving to Solitude: Letters to Mama by Keki N. Daruwalla Simon and Schuster India, Rs 499.

Emergency, scrutinised through the female gaze

It is too easy to just set it in the Emergency or in India and the world of the 1970s.

15 Sept 2019 1:32 AM IST

Assam: The Accord and the Discord by Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty Penguin, Rs 599.

A searing portrait of how NRC has Assam locked in a time warp

A considerable amount of the work is also finessed by her own networks of family and friends as well as professional...

15 Sept 2019 1:28 AM IST

Reel India: Cinema off the Beaten Track, By Namrata Joshi Hachette India pp 252; Rs 599.

One filmmaker's campaign for nature, children of soil

The following year, the filmmaker went back to Netarhat to zoom in on the issue of deforestation; seven films came out...

13 Sept 2019 1:02 AM IST

Country Drive, By Yasmin Ladha, Red River pp 134; Rs 300.

Curated evenings for poetry connoisseurs

Initiatives like Poetry under the Pilkan Tree' offer poets a warm, appreciative, environment with an engaged audience of...

13 Sept 2019 12:55 AM IST

It also helps that Lals novel is almost 100 per cent autobiographical, and the preteen happens to be none other than her.

Coming-of-age page turner!

Whether you have grown up in Delhi or not, Yashodhara Lal's new novel will transport you to your childhood.

11 Sept 2019 1:05 AM IST

Chilling to the core

Ex-Naval officer Kulpreet Yadav and actor Sushant Singh have co-authored Queens of Crime.

11 Sept 2019 1:05 AM IST