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Book review | Two exquisite odes to a pair of ancient cities
Part-history, part-travelogue and part-reportage, Biswas and Nabi’s extensive work traces the evolution of Shiva’s home by the Ganges
10 Oct 2021 10:31 AM
Book review | Strange life of a poem that revealed Buddha to world
Jairam Ramesh’s Light of Asia, there can be no doubt, is an altogether satisfying and successful experiment
10 Oct 2021 10:21 AM
Book Review | ‘Why does Nepal need constant reaffirmation of its sovereignty?’
Diplomat Ranjit Rae confirms the prickly nature of Nepali pride when it comes to India and attempts to lay bare its origin
30 Sep 2021 12:17 PM
Vir’s lesson: If you’ve done it, own it. At least the good part
Sanghvi’s sort of self-assured ankhon-hi-ankhon mein direct dialogue with the reader is rare for women
26 Sep 2021 7:58 AM
Book Review | A great river’s stories that inquire, inform
A classic example of realist eco-fiction, it effortlessly straddles the domains of geography, sociology, cultural history and anthropology
25 Sep 2021 11:33 PM
Book Review | Geeky startup ideator cheekily observes patriarchy
Anam’s pen has a flair for infusing humour into the storytelling, which jogged at a steady pace
25 Sep 2021 11:26 PM
Book Review | How the Dalai Lama beat Communists by spreading the Dharma
Author Alexander Norman’s book traces the tragic sequence of events that marked the Dalai Lama’s life
25 Sep 2021 11:18 PM
Book Review | Why I decided to pen down the story of Rezang La
In 2018, when the thought occurred to me about writing a book on the Rezang La battle, it came to me as an epiphany
16 Sep 2021 1:06 AM
Ambedkar’s Buddha inspires me more than Gandhi’s: Jairam Ramesh
I connect more with Ambedkar’s social revolutionary Buddha than Gandhi’s spiritual teacher, says Jairam Ramesh
13 Sep 2021 6:47 PM
Book Review | Rare and inspiring accounts from the 1971 war theatres
A serious drawback for India is that for over 74 years since its independence, its actual history has not been taught in school
12 Sep 2021 2:32 AM
Book Review | An immigrant’s progress and other scoops from Old Blighty
Did Ronald Reagan really think after seeing Attenborough’s film that Indira Gandhi was the Mahatma’s daughter?
12 Sep 2021 2:30 AM
Book Review | Smell the spirit of Bombay in the margins of these gritty stories
Potkar’s book with its exquisite use of catalogue, language that soothes and stabs, and sharp observations, is a sumptuous read
12 Sep 2021 1:28 AM
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
Book Review | Finely rendered study of grief offset by predictable politics
The narrative deliciously dips into different times in the characters’ lives, never disrupting the flow
29 Aug 2021 1:27 AM
Book Review | Trippy reverie on Stalinism, sexism, Delhi and death of the soul
It is also an account of how group rights come to impinge on individual freedoms
29 Aug 2021 1:08 AM
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
Book review | Spirit wins in this fine portrait of the capital in more innocent times
Today the changing power equations and the social churning have thrown up a new elite
15 Aug 2021 2:25 AM
Book review | A full and impartial political biography of Gwalior’s ‘First Citizens’
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
Book Review | Achievements in India’s defence research despite many odds
The Defence Science Organisation was formed in 1956 for initiating studies and development of futuristic weapon systems
01 Aug 2021 2:11 AM
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
01 Aug 2021 2:10 AM
Columns
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Opposition gains ground as President Yoon faces domestic discontent and foreign policy complexities