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Book Review | Nalanda: Greater Than a FAQ ListBooks
Book Review | Nalanda: Greater Than a FAQ List

This book is lush with facts but yet lacks a fabric that emotes with the reader

14 Jun 2025 1:34 PM IST

Book Review | Life and Work of a Legendary ‘Banker-Saint’Books
Book Review | Life and Work of a Legendary ‘Banker-Saint’

The book takes in the many dimensions of the legendary banker’s life and notes in particular the equal place he accorded...

14 Jun 2025 1:32 PM IST

Book Review | The Hidden Histories of Indian LanguagesBooks
Book Review | The Hidden Histories of Indian Languages

In the second half, a shift in focus takes place, and the southern Indian languages are inquired into. The cultural...

24 May 2025 12:56 PM IST

Book Review | Refreshing Portrait of a Cult Figure in Carnatic MusicBooks
Book Review | Refreshing Portrait of a Cult Figure in Carnatic Music

Through the book Sanjay comes across as a very hard-working sincere musician who is intelligent enough to reinvent...

24 May 2025 12:51 PM IST

Book Review | Rajaji Effect Strong in MemoirBooks
Book Review | Rajaji Effect Strong in Memoir

Arguably the best part of the book — for those who seek to understand how things work on the inside — is its second half

24 May 2025 12:49 PM IST

Book Review | In The Shallows Of Family SecretsBooks
Book Review | In The Shallows Of Family Secrets

Even as Govil sensitively renders the inner life of these characters, the orbit of their every day is left unrealised

17 May 2025 1:43 PM IST

Book Review | Gritty Delhi, Glitzy Delhi And All Delhis In-BetweenBooks
Book Review | Gritty Delhi, Glitzy Delhi And All Delhis In-Between

The other thing about this anthology that really makes a difference is that many of the pieces have been translated from...

17 May 2025 1:42 PM IST

Book Review | INA Trials: How Pragmatism WonBooks
Book Review | INA Trials: How Pragmatism Won

While Reed’s book is now of mainly archival interest, Ashis Ray’s recalls history in the making

17 May 2025 1:40 PM IST

Book Review | Facebook Unmasked By Page-TurnerBooks
Book Review | Facebook Unmasked By Page-Turner

Wynn-Williams’ journey with Facebook is chequered, uncharted and completely out of the box, just as her travels and...

3 May 2025 12:58 PM IST

Book Review | Can Theatre Reunite, Offer Redemption?Books
Book Review | Can Theatre Reunite, Offer Redemption?

The Comeback is the story of Jaun Kazim and Asghar Abbasi who have been best friends since their college days in Baansa,...

3 May 2025 12:56 PM IST

Book Review | Two female friends navigate ’80s and ’90s IndiaBooks
Book Review | Two female friends navigate ’80s and ’90s India

This slim book tells the story of two friends from the bylanes of Old Delhi, charting their family histories and...

12 April 2025 12:39 PM IST

Book Review | Solving the final puzzle of deathBooks
Book Review | Solving the final puzzle of death

Ramakrishnan takes us through several streams of thought, some interconnected, some independent, which appear to be...

12 April 2025 11:43 AM IST

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