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Cover page of Feral Dreams Mowgli and His Mothers

Book REVIEW | How Mowgli grew up, grew old and loved his mothers

The book chronicles Daniel's journey in life, from the jungle to civilisation, from childhood till his sixties

6 Dec 2020 10:03 AM IST

Cover page of Healers or Predators?: Healthcare Corruption in India

Book REVIEW | The good doctor's submissions

The book's many, well-researched papers dealt with the larger issue of the state of healthcare in India

6 Dec 2020 9:16 AM IST

Cover page of An Island by Karen Jennings

Book review | Taut psychological thriller asks key political questions

It never feels like a dense psychological thriller, even though that is exactly what it is

10 Oct 2021 11:06 AM IST

Cover page of Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy

Book review | Of teachers, creativity, change and other forces that...

The story traverses the lives of different social groups, making a comment here and there about the changes in society

10 Oct 2021 10:57 AM IST

Cover page of Banaras: of Gods, Humans and Stories

Book review | Two exquisite odes to a pair of ancient cities

Part-history, part-travelogue and part-reportage, Biswas and Nabi's extensive work traces the evolution of Shiva's home...

10 Oct 2021 10:31 AM IST

Cover page of The Light of Asia

Book review | Strange life of a poem that revealed Buddha to world

Jairam Ramesh's Light of Asia, there can be no doubt, is an altogether satisfying and successful experiment

10 Oct 2021 10:21 AM IST

John Lang: Wanderer of Hindoostan, Slanderer in Hindoostanee, Lawyer for the Ranee By Amit Ranjan. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Discovering the Oz author who was lawyer for Rani of...

In his short life of 48 years, John Lang produced 23 novels, one travelogue, some plays and five volumes of poetry

20 Nov 2021 7:57 PM IST

Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute By Maroof Raza. (Amazon photo)

Book Review | Crouching Elephant, Hidden Dragon: This history is not...

The resulting shortcomings in dealing with the Chinese have cost India dearly in terms of its security and progress

20 Nov 2021 7:55 PM IST

Karunanidhi: A Life By A.S. Panneerselvan. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Truths about M. Karunanidhi & perspectives on Tamil...

One of the key takeaways in the book is the articulation of Karunanidhi's position vis-a-vis the Sri Lankan Tamil issue

20 Nov 2021 7:52 PM IST

The Ambassador and the Private Eye By Krishnan Srinivasan.

Book Review | Somali ex-diplomat, one-armed ex-cop team up in cerebral...

The novel plays out in a sequence of episodic chapters, each dealing with a separate case

18 Dec 2021 6:58 PM IST

Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947.

Book Review | Spotlighting the finest Indian writing on cricket

It narrates the history of Indian cricket through earlier published reports of journalists who enjoyed a ringside view...

4 Dec 2021 9:03 PM IST

Parthibans Dream By Kalki Krishnamurthy.

Book Review | When Parthiban Kanavu morphs into Parthiban's Dream

No credit was given to the translators in the initial English renditions, an omission which was corrected in subsequent...

4 Dec 2021 9:00 PM IST