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    13 Books to Read in 2026Books
    13 Books to Read in 2026

    Here’s your guide to some of the new titles coming to your neighbourhood bookstore that will pique your interes

    27 Dec 2025 1:06 PM IST

    Book Review | A Mother-Daughter Love SagaBooks
    Book Review | A Mother-Daughter Love Saga

    A tribute to a difficult mother, this book is equally about the writer’s journey from a young girl to an accomplished...

    30 Aug 2025 1:51 PM IST

    Book Review | Story of Indian Independence’s ‘Real’ First WarBooks
    Book Review | Story of Indian Independence’s ‘Real’ First War

    A novel, no doubt, but what no one knows is that it did refer to India’s first war of Independence. Not the Sepoy Mutiny...

    31 May 2025 2:07 PM IST

    Book Review l Life of the mind, Ajita and AjivikasBooks
    Book Review l Life of the mind, Ajita and Ajivikas

    It is a skillful reconstruction of the lost legacy of the fifth century atheist thinker, Ajita.

    23 March 2025 9:17 AM IST

    Sucheta Dasgupta | India’s unsung green heroesBooks
    Sucheta Dasgupta | India’s unsung green heroes

    Take economist-turned-sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee, b. 1881), for instance. In 1922, he formally advocated the...

    8 March 2025 7:53 PM IST

    India a Begumpura of reason & compassion: Githa HariharanBooks
    India a Begumpura of reason & compassion: Githa Hariharan

    Writer and editor Githa Hariharan, who successfully challenged the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act in...

    14 Dec 2024 12:28 PM IST

    Book Review | Orbital odyssey dull and underwhelming!Books
    Book Review | Orbital odyssey dull and underwhelming!

    At 136 pages, this slender, stylish climate fiction doubles as a meditation on the earth, universe, life and beauty

    16 Nov 2024 12:38 PM IST

    Book Review | India’s Schindler and his rescue listBooks
    Book Review | India’s Schindler and his rescue list

    According to legend, an officer in Austria’s royal Habsburg army was the first to add sugar and milk to...

    9 Nov 2024 1:06 PM IST

    Theyyam, Indian shamanic shuffle that can unravel anthropological mysteriesBooks
    Theyyam, Indian shamanic shuffle that can unravel anthropological...

    It can be safely said that Theyyam is an ancient artform

    2 Nov 2024 5:38 PM IST

    Interview | Invest in museums, Nalanda: William DalyrmpleBooks
    Interview | Invest in museums, Nalanda: William Dalyrmple

    Rather than chest-thumping, Indians should invest more in the study of history. This is the advice of Scottish...

    17 Oct 2024 9:25 PM IST

    Book Review | How multinational was port of Kochi!Books
    Book Review | How multinational was port of Kochi!

    Journalist M.K. Das has authored this unique volume of essays tracking the evolution of Kerala's financial...

    5 Oct 2024 12:18 PM IST

    Book Review | Golden Road trumps Silk RouteBooks
    Book Review | Golden Road trumps Silk Route

    Dalrymple argues that India was a key intermediary in the exchanges between Rome and China

    21 Sept 2024 12:28 PM IST

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