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    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

    If I Survive You. (Image: DC)Books
    A Jamaican survivor chronicles Americana

    People who burn themselves up in pursuit of survival rarely survive anyone or anything

    22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Elas Unfinished Business. (Image: DC)Books
    Cozy murder mystery begs for a sequel

    A person in great need of a psychologist herself, and a most irritating individual to boot

    8 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

    The Launch Party. (Image: AA)Books
    Silly, badly hatched murder mystery on the moon

    As the guests get to know each other on the journey

    9 Sept 2023 6:16 PM IST

    Cover photo of The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | An English garden opens window to healing

    Odd though it may seem, this sadness that you don't expect to find in a feel-good book is what makes it work so well.

    13 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Cover photo of Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | A literary thriller parsing corruption and class

    Age of Vice is about Ajay, a dalit from an Uttar Pradesh village who is trafficked at the age of eight to work as a...

    30 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    The entire book is about secrets. Secrets held by Mallika, the protagonist. Secrets held by Mallikas mother, Mallikas aunt, Mallikas neighbours and Mallikas friends all the main characters. If I were to describe Fear and Lovely the way I want to, you would hear a robotic voice uttering spoiler alert at the start of almost every paragraph.Books
    Book review | Slow & lovely dive into a middle class Indian girl's...

    The entire book is about secrets. Secrets held by Mallika, the protagonist

    3 July 2023 1:04 AM IST

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    Book Review | Lockdown and the homemaker blues

    Well written enough that I got through it without wanting to bang my head against a wall.

    11 Jun 2023 12:18 AM IST

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