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    Book Review | Quirky epic set in WW2 CalcuttaBooks
    Book Review | Quirky epic set in WW2 Calcutta

    On page 450, exactly halfway through Great Eastern Hotel, Ruchir Joshi’s 900-page behemoth of a historical novel,...

    15 March 2025 12:05 PM IST

    Book Review | Who cares for the fate of a professional saboteur?Books
    Book Review | Who cares for the fate of a professional saboteur?

    Usually, when I finish reading a book that has gripped me from start to end, I’m dying to talk about it....

    11 Jan 2025 1:14 PM IST

    Overwrought and under-imaginedBooks
    Overwrought and under-imagined

    He’s had sex but has never had intimacy and doesn’t expect he ever will

    2 Nov 2024 6:20 PM IST

    Book Review | Can Japan’s young write their own story?Books
    Book Review | Can Japan’s young write their own story?

    Some five decades of dedicated reading have led me to put my faith in a certain axiom associated with...

    24 Aug 2024 1:32 PM IST

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    Book Review | How to secretly woo your bestie!

    To me, The Remains of the Body is an intriguing work. While the story centres on love, there's no romance in it at all

    29 Jun 2024 12:36 PM IST

    Cover page of Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain WorldBooks
    Book Review | Whimsical mindbenders that disturb and delight

    A collection of short stories in the realm of speculative fiction, the book hits two major pain points in my reading...

    1 Jun 2024 12:57 PM IST

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    Book Review | Fashionista-influencer discovers Goa's susegad

    Goagr@m is about Madhur, a young fashion designer who adopted social media as a business and branding tool

    27 April 2024 1:24 PM IST

    The cover page of Loot: A NovelBooks
    Tipu's carpenter and his European quest

    The book takes reader into another era, complete with sights, sounds, smells and emotions

    14 April 2024 9:01 PM IST

    Cover image of Swallowing the SunBooks
    Book Review | Retro Indian heroine ticks off her milestones

    Swallowing the Sun is about Malati who, along with her sister Kamala, is one of the only two girls going to school in...

    10 Feb 2024 12:16 PM IST

    Cover page of Guilt Trip and Other StoriesBooks
    Book Review | Women's doubts and decisions, gracefully deciphered

    As straightforward as they seem, the stories in Guilt Trip work on several levels

    13 Jan 2024 12:49 PM IST

    This is why I was surprised to learn from the introduction of the book that Bahadur Shah of Gujarat is something of a lost king. Overlooked by history, hidden in the crevices of better-known peoples stories, and often, when mentioned at all, designated as something of a villain. By ArrangementBooks
    Book Review | Colossus from the lost pages of India's chequered...

    As the son and grandson of sultans, Bahadur Shah is ambitious

    23 Dec 2023 4:59 PM IST

    Conversations with Aurangzeb By Charu Nivedita. (Image: DC)Books
    Book Review | Aurangzeb's riotous commentary of our times

    You read it because you're bored and need amusement

    12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

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