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book review 2022
Book Review | Ambitious sci-fi certain to entertain
A system developed to end corruption and ruin ironically ends in chaos
12 Jun 2022 2:48 PM
Boom Review | Editor’s memoir uncovers large-scale media rot
Banerjee’s Editor Missing manages to hold the mirror to Indian media
12 Jun 2022 2:45 PM
Book Review | Writer turns diarist, maps his own matrix of thoughts
It’s a small book, sprinkled lightly with insight, with moments of intimacy and of honesty
12 Jun 2022 2:42 PM
Book Review | Articulating India’s dance vocabularies of desire
Captivating photographs add value to this volume
05 Jun 2022 11:49 AM
Book Review | Warm and funny portrayal of the strifes that bind
While things fall apart during the course of the novel, they come together again in a manner that is a bit too pat.
05 Jun 2022 11:08 AM
Book Review | G.N. Saibaba’s testimony of agony and hope
This book is not a legal scrutiny of the unfair verdict
05 Jun 2022 10:46 AM
Book review | Diamantaire’s fragmentary memoir tells of his resolve & humanity
Diamonds are Forever, however, has its appeal despite its shortcomings
29 May 2022 6:26 AM
Book review | Women need the facts on how to identify a Parsi
The DNA ancestry report of Parsis in India differs considerably from those of Iranians and Iranian Zoroastrians, reveals the author
29 May 2022 1:37 AM
Book Review | Why the ‘hardest’ journalism is exactly what matters most
Rather than fix our data collection problems, the pandemic only made them worse
29 May 2022 12:49 AM
Book Review | History of Indian nation-building from the standpoint of Rahul Bajaj
There are three ways to understand the country’s journey — textbooks, history books and biographies of well-known personalities
22 May 2022 1:20 AM
Book Review | Of death’s grim reapers, their wishes, hurts and revelations
James' 7th novel, and 2nd to be translated into English, is a deep meditation on time and the chaos that ensues when it is annihilated
22 May 2022 1:04 AM
Book Review | Chronicle of a ‘normal’ murder, foretold staggeringly
While the theme may seem predictable, crime & retribution, it unfolds in surprising ways and that ultimately, is the strength of this novel
15 May 2022 12:41 AM
Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie
The mirror is not just a something to see one’s reflection in, it’s also symbolic of looking deep into one’s soul
08 May 2022 11:59 AM
Book Review | Joining the dots to complete Partition puzzle
Whatever it resulted in was a course of events for which India is dearly paying till date
01 May 2022 12:55 AM
Book Excerpt | How visiting Antwerp and keeping my word transformed my life
Before it was known for its diamonds, Antwerp was the most important trading and financial centre in Western Europe
01 May 2022 12:35 AM
book Review | Relook at Netaji, the inconvenient one who made all the hard choices
After all, he did more in two decades than most other heroes achieved in a lifetime
01 May 2022 12:26 AM
Book Review | Biography of AMU reflects quest of the Indian Muslim
The book’s everlasting impact on a young reader like me lies in the part that describes the struggles for any creative mind
01 May 2022 12:23 AM
Book excerpt | Walking through the Indo-Malaysian rainforests infested by humans
Deben knew there was a strange trust between them, and he was secretly pleased when the villagers teased him about his elephant
24 Apr 2022 12:57 AM
Book Review | Good journalism shows difference between history, Hindutva legend
Jha traces the journey of Gandhi’s killer from the latter’s childhood in a story-telling format
24 Apr 2022 12:57 AM
Book Review | Lesbian girl’s family drama let down by plot device
Nawaaz Ahmed has a gift for the language that will likely brighten with usage, as he grows in simplicity and wisdom
24 Apr 2022 12:43 AM
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The fact remains that over the past 37 years the anti-defection law has failed to fulfil the foremost objective for which it was enacted
Nothing defines love, or for that matter allows you to experience love in its elemental sense, than bittersweet separation and anticipation
That Russia was consistently 'provoked' has been clear as daylight since 1998 when the US Senate voted in favour of Nato expansion
If someone from such a background is elevated to the presidency, will it be such a bad thing when we consider India’s diversity?