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Arvind Krishna Mehrotras Book of Rahim & Other Poems (Westland Books 2023) is an invocation of literary icons Rahim and Ghalib coupled with the precise juxtaposition of personal memories. (Image: DC)

Walking the lanes of personal history in Rahim's shoes

A review of Arvind Krishna Mehrotra's latest collection

9 Sep 2023 12:26 PM GMT

She faces an assassination attempt outside her home in Bangalore a week after demonetisation when people are still dying in bank queues, waiting to get their money. (Image: DC)

Racy Tribute to Gauri Lankesh Has Heart in the Right Place

The police had said that they suspected it was a cut-out assassination attempt

9 Sep 2023 12:07 PM GMT

THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE BY JAMES MCBRIDE. (Image: AA)

A mesmerizing Grocery store

A heartwarming story that spills with outrage, kindness, fear, compassion, and community spirit

5 Sep 2023 6:30 PM GMT

A cigar-smoking monk, Vivekananda broke with stereotype. Well-versed in music and a polyglot, he was physically strong and good at various sports. (Image: DC)

Vivekananda's Hinduism valued human agency, rejected doxa

Vivekananda was outspoken regarding his thoughts on notions of purity

3 Sep 2023 3:43 AM GMT

These four women are clearly invisible in Paris and unaware of each others existence. Then comes Covid-19, bringing the entire world to a halt and turning everyones life topsy-turvy. A series of mishaps or call it the hand of destiny and the four womens lives, too, are affected. (Image: DC)

Four lonely female immigrants struggle in Paris

Seventeen-year old Russian model Dasha dreams of walking the ramp for the biggest fashion moguls

3 Sep 2023 3:38 AM GMT

There was no eureka moment in the chapter titled Manipurs Princes and Rebels: Assimilating and Separating Through the Ages . (Image: DC)

Chronicling Partition's impact east of Bangla, N-E othering'

Northeast India: Political History, the book, could not have come at a better time.

3 Sep 2023 3:34 AM GMT