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    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

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    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

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    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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    Book Review | Culture wars (in a US varsity) and the price of clarity

    10 days after I closed the book, I still feel as though it ran me over with a lorry.

    23 April 2023 12:47 AM IST

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    Book Review | Listen to your body, not your brain, when it comes to...

    Review of 'Gastronama: The Indian Guide to Eating Right' by Kalpish Ratna.

    26 March 2023 12:16 AM IST

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    Book Review | Premchand's grandchild curates her memories

    Only when I had the book in my hands did I realise that Sara Rai is the granddaughter of that great writer in Hindi,...

    4 March 2023 10:49 PM IST

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    Book Review | Desi Lesbian romance hopes to make a point

    The romance novel about star-crossed lovers Krish and Mahi has not one, not two, but three happy endings

    9 Jan 2023 10:12 AM IST

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    Book Review | How Anglo-Indians transformed India

    The book covers much more than the things I've described, of course. It is as comprehensive as any book about any...

    4 Dec 2022 8:09 AM IST

    Cover Photo of Rethink Ageing: Lessons in Ageing from the Older and Bolder Generation by Reshmi Chakraborty and Nidhi Chawla (Photo: By arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Who's afraid of growing old?

    The book, strangely, given my pessimism about ageing, made me smile

    20 Nov 2022 1:35 AM IST

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