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Ranjona Banerji
About the AuthorRanjona Banerji
The writer is a senior journalist who writes on media affairs, politics and social trends.
    The fate of butterflies, By Nayantara Sahgal Speaking Tiger, Rs 450.Books
    Fear, humour mix in sadly prescient saga of our times

    Not just a love between people but a love for an idea that is right, that is humane, that is a counter to hate, anger...

    23 Jun 2019 7:16 AM IST

    The Verdict: Decoding Indias Elections By Prannoy Roy & Dorab R. Sopariwala Penguin India, Rs 599Books
    The method in India's election madness

    The Verdict is about the process of understanding the process. It's not just about forecasting but also about the why...

    28 April 2019 5:18 AM IST

    Insider Outsider: Belonging and Unbelonging in North East India Edited by Preeti Gill & Samrat Choudhary Amaryllis, Rs 399Books
    Otherness and unbelonging in the Northeast

    The focus of the Partition of India has for too long been on the line drawn on India's western border, through Punjab.

    31 March 2019 4:43 AM IST

    Shades of Saffron: From Vajpayee To Modi by Saba Naqvi, Westland, Rs 599Books
    Immensely readable, but only about Atal

    Some explanations are rather too pat, some observations are superficial, but it is that sort of a book.

    2 Sept 2018 12:10 AM IST

    Devi: The Goddesses of India edited by John Stratten Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff, Aleph, Rs 499Books
    Indian goddesses: Legends, realities

    Local ideas of the Goddess are examined in the chapters on Vidhyavasini, Bhagavati, Sati and Seranvali.

    26 Nov 2017 1:37 AM IST

    Kasturba Gandhi and her four sons in South-Africa.Books
    Book review: A good idea lost in translation

    The fictional Kasturba largely skims past the important stuff.

    19 March 2017 1:58 AM IST

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