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The Braided River: A Journey along the Brahmaputra By Samrat Choudhury. (Amazon Photo)

Chronicle of a great river, its peoples, conflicts and myriad stories

Is The Braided River' a travelogue, a personal pilgrimage, a historical search for origins and beginnings or a political...

22 Jan 2022 6:47 PM IST

A Red-necked Green Bird By Ambai. (Amazon Photo)

A telling account of how real women feel, imperfectly rendered in...

The slim volume is valuable in that it draws readers into the world of Tamil writing of which they would otherwise be...

22 Jan 2022 6:45 PM IST

Bangladesh War: Report from Ground Zero By Manash Ghosh. (Amazon Photo)

A ringside view of how a new nation was born amid flames

It is not always that a journalist gets a chance to be part of history in the making

22 Jan 2022 6:43 PM IST

Madam Prime Minister By Seema Goswami. (Amazon)

Unputdownable political thriller that is funny & all too familiar

Madam Prime Minister is a racy novel with political games, scandals, and a bit of romance thrown in

9 Jan 2022 1:36 AM IST

Making India Great Again: Learning from Our History By Meeta and Rajivlochan. (Amazon)

Did careless governance plus bad work ethic cause India's economic...

The opening pages of the book argue that India was always rich. Certainly it was

9 Jan 2022 1:34 AM IST

I Adore Jai The Rediscovery of M.L. Jaisimha by Jayanthi Jaisimha. (Amazon)

Tales of The Lion': How Jaisimha thrilled, spilled and swashbuckled

Our cricketing icons of that period turned out in sparkling whites for India, not for pelf or power but for the sheer...

9 Jan 2022 1:32 AM IST

Crafting a Future: Stories of Indian Textiles and Sustainable Practices By Archana Shah. (Amazon)

Book review | Scholarly tribute to our artisans and their textiles

The section on fashion links the relevance of the hand crafted tradition to environmental concerns and sustainability

2 Jan 2022 11:50 AM IST

Book Review | A spices violent trajectory begs us, do not other nature, old societies

Book Review | A spice's violent trajectory begs us, do not other'...

What happens when you get to the last page of a book feeling a bit confused and intrigued?

20 March 2022 12:14 AM IST

Book Review | Joy, heartbreak, anger: What women write

Book Review | Joy, heartbreak, anger: What women write

In a model case scenario, there should be no reason to have a separate category of women's fiction other than to amplify...

20 March 2022 12:11 AM IST

Book Review | Is dialogue the key to firming our grasp on Indo-Pak ties?

Book Review | Is dialogue the key to firming our grasp on Indo-Pak...

The author has got together forty nine Indians and Pakistanis to pen their views on the subject

20 March 2022 12:07 AM IST

Cover image of Crunch Time: Narendra Modis National Security Crises

Book Review | In praise of Modi's calibrated risk-taking on the...

The author sees PM Modi as the man of the hour, the man of destiny, who has completely altered India's security and...

8 May 2022 11:31 AM IST

Cover image of a mirror made of rain

Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie

The main character Noomi Wadia is a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, bright Parsi woman

8 May 2022 11:22 AM IST