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Book Review | How youth is misspent in Kumbakonam

The acclaimed Tamil novel 'Pasitha Manidam', set in the Tamil heartland, is about human nature with its blemishes and...

26 Jun 2022 12:12 AM IST

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Book Review | A laugh riot that smells like teen spirit!

31 July 2022 1:11 AM IST

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Book Review | Naval playing field: How post-Partition Amritsar...

If the time and place played a significant role in the making of Naval, one can't discount the influence of her rich...

23 July 2022 10:30 PM IST

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Book Review | The superheroes of the shore continue to surprise and...

These shifting battlegrounds are without villains, for the killers take what they need and no more

16 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

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Book Review | Vivid, madcap stories with open endings

Mauzo's stories not just embrace unconventional themes, they also border on the bizarre, but the best thing is their...

3 July 2022 5:11 PM IST

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Book excerpt: How I got the scoop on Lalit Modi's BCCI exit and went...

That night in April, however, was different. The caller, I have to say in hindsight, influenced the decision-making to a...

3 July 2022 5:02 PM IST

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Book Review | A Bengali professor unscrambles the riddle of Berlin

A conversation with a friend who has returned from abroad and recounts his experiences

28 Aug 2022 12:03 AM IST

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Book Review | Welcome to the political compass' third dimension

Meghan Daum is crisp, elegant and wryly humorous, and does not dump her traumas on the reader.

28 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

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Book Review | First among the equals of Old Bollywood's heroes

Despite its hagiographic tone, Ashok Kumar's biography is genuinely informative, perceptive and loving.

28 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

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Modi: The man who changed India's politics

The book, Modi@20, Dreams Meet Delivery, is about his journey from Gujarat chief minister to the Prime Minister of India

21 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

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Mending the loss of innocence with hard-won wisdom

Arjun Raj Gaind in his book tells the story of Punjab a land that has witnessed Jallianwala Bagh massacre and has been...

21 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST

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Obscurantism aside, time for India to seize the narrative

The problem, as Mr Sood explains, is that the West has dominated the world for more than four centuries now

21 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST