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The book as we know it is dead, but long live reading!

The print book is a physical entity, a product and requires certain optimal conditions for its continuance.

10 Jan 2020 3:44 AM

The literary heaven

This event is almost like a tradition for a book lover residing in the capital every year and this year has been no different.

08 Jan 2020 12:22 AM

In the age of post-truths, what colour is your favourite lie?

The thing is, this all gets messy remarkably quickly, because of the sheer variety of ways there are of being wrong.

05 Jan 2020 2:29 AM

Big-hearted effort to give the Tamil dream its due

The Jallikattu protests in Chennai’s Marina Beach brought attention to, among other things, the plight of indigenous cattle.

05 Jan 2020 2:22 AM

Tender, funny memories of a mighty Amma

Murugan has mastered the art of making the ordinary extraordinary.

05 Jan 2020 2:17 AM

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Call of the river, of Kashi and the burning ghats

The hotel itself is housed in a heritage property of the erstwhile family of the Muksudpur Tekari state of Bihar.

03 Jan 2020 3:17 AM

Towards human liberation through spirituality

An essential feature of Islamic philosophy is the spirit of sincere inquiry and continual learning.

03 Jan 2020 2:21 AM

Desi Mills and Boons author

An interview with Milan Vohra, the author of Our song, who specialises in the romance genre.

02 Jan 2020 12:34 AM

Partition trauma revisited!

Ravi Rai’s book The Tattoo on My Breast is a captivating love story set in the country’s most harrowing age.

02 Jan 2020 12:32 AM

Rereading A Suitable Boy during ‘unsuitable’ times

The thing with millennials is that they are usually quite tolerant of eccentricities — even encouraging of it at times.

31 Dec 2019 11:48 AM

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Tongue-in-cheek, sophisticated or naughty – the title says it all

Beauvoir’s title was most apt for the book but sometimes, titles can be misleading.

27 Dec 2019 3:25 AM

Invisibility of Nehruvian idealism evident in India’s foreign policy

Nehru authored the fundamental stance of non-alignment in a climate of post-Second World War hostility between capitalism and Communism.

27 Dec 2019 3:21 AM

Flipkart’s story, and a ringside view of the startup world

Over the years, lots of newsprint has been used to report on the company’s journey.

22 Dec 2019 7:57 AM

Slim, fearless novel takes on the anomie of our times

Each character gets a “soliloquy” in their voice, only one.

22 Dec 2019 7:55 AM

‘Writing is a distillation of my insights, experiences’

Shuma, who is an avid trendspotter, whether in politics or culture, has decided to explore modern love in her new book.

22 Dec 2019 7:52 AM

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Fine arts and the creative role of serendipity

And as it turns out, the Serendipity Arts Festival that opened in Goa this week amply confirmed that belief in the word's inherent etymology.

20 Dec 2019 1:28 AM

That magnificent man in his flying machines

MiG-27: “The MiG-27 was a ground attack fighter bomber with supersonic capability. It was a large and heavy aircraft as fighters go.

20 Dec 2019 1:22 AM

‘Don’t believe in death penalty, even for Nirbhaya rapists’

The death penalty has no place in a civilised society. A civilised society does not exact revenge on a convict, says Sunil Gupta.

15 Dec 2019 6:44 AM

Deft and stylish debut explores the Malayali American

Occasionally, Verghese lapses into cliché, the writing can come across as uneven and hurried.

15 Dec 2019 6:37 AM

Autobiography of a journalist provokes, informs, entertains

In fact, a plethora of journalists (both English and Hindi) of yore and present in India have lived life by Marxist convictions.

15 Dec 2019 6:32 AM

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