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Book review: Making fiction out of nothing at all
The author is a great writer, of non-fiction. Sadly, his hold over what makes for good fiction is lacking.
30 Jul 2017 2:38 AM
Book review: The curious case of a serial killer
The book would have made for a more satisfyingly meaty read if the readers got a brief idea of the criminal psychology of the serial killer.
30 Jul 2017 2:36 AM
Book review: An actual record of conflict in J&K
The special forces are trained and motivated to take missions like the one mentioned in the book.
30 Jul 2017 2:34 AM
Book review: Elegant prose, piercing portraits
Just a handful of them rise above their small-mindedness, but this is as true a picture of average Indians as any.
23 Jul 2017 2:50 AM
Book review: The chronicler of misfits and rejects
You should read Arundhati Roy even if you hate her. She is The Chronicler Of Misfits And Rejects.
23 Jul 2017 2:49 AM
Book review: How a demented mind thinks
Alzheimer's means that the connections Mrs C makes between the news and her family are not exactly straightforward.
21 Jul 2017 12:10 AM
Book review: The poignant record of an era gone by
Books have indeed been written about the end of British colonialism and the start of an independent new world.
21 Jul 2017 12:10 AM
Book review: Betwixt and between identities
The Hindu and Christian neighbours of the Jews are bewildered at this turn of events, and rather suspicious.
09 Jul 2017 2:27 AM
Book review: An incisive account of a complex relationship
Read it to know about the way we were, the way we are and the way we will be unless we drastically revise our notion of borders.
09 Jul 2017 2:26 AM
The most fearsome, marauding military leader’s story told in flippant puns and jokes
Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol empire was a military genius, a notorious tyrant who used psychological warfare to win battles.
07 Jul 2017 12:41 AM
‘Reforms, politics don’t mix well’
It is a law of nature that credit goes to the person who is on the spot, and blame goes to the person who is on the spot.
07 Jul 2017 12:35 AM
Book review: Decoding Modi’s feats and incentives
This book is about Mr Modi and the inclusive transformation he has wrought in governing India.
30 Jun 2017 12:30 AM
Book review: A feminist, ‘conditions applied’...
The book is all about izzat, mother’s tears, father’s pride, a child who needs a mother, a mother who needs the company of her son.
25 Jun 2017 12:57 AM
How Pakistan is courting the abyss
For Jinnah, ‘Pakistan’ was more a means of grasping power, rather than any conviction of creating an Islamic state.
23 Jun 2017 12:48 AM
Book review: The enduring legacy of Bapu
A grandson of the Mahatma, the author does not suppress his inner admiration or affection for the figure of the textured revolutionary.
04 Jun 2017 12:34 AM
Big Bang Theory star shares her wisdom in Girling Up
Bialik joins her intelligence with experience in Girling Up, a wide-ranging handbook on navigating the emotional and physical hurdles of growing up.
02 Jun 2017 1:51 AM
Book review: Lata, with malice towards none at all...
The book has carefully avoided anything which has the faintest semblance of controversy.
28 May 2017 12:38 AM
Book review: Romancing the past, fauji style
At heart, this book is about a love affair between a peacenik and a pilot with war as the backdrop.
28 May 2017 12:28 AM
Book review: Where death plays like a broken record
The problem with writing similar books so quickly together is that the Dickensian pathos Salim is trying to achieve is lost.
21 May 2017 1:07 AM
Blurring the lines between science and religion
Mr Guite questions atheists over their claim that religion and God are matter of faith while atheism is scientific and rationale.
19 May 2017 1:13 AM
Columns
Tracing the Transformation of India's "Second Capital" Over Decades
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The Congress struggles to disseminate its manifesto, while BJP recalibrates strategies amidst low voter turnout and leadership dynamics.
Student protests challenge the paradox of democracy, as law enforcement clashes with demands for peace and justice.