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Book Review | Journalist Solves Murder, Exposes State of WorldBooks
Book Review | Journalist Solves Murder, Exposes State of World

Universality was on the Booker long list this year. Its one failing is that it’s a little too British

11 Oct 2025 1:42 PM IST

Book Review | Vajpayee the Moderate, Who Yielded to PressuresBooks
Book Review | Vajpayee the Moderate, Who Yielded to Pressures

It is surprising that both Vajpayee and Advani were reluctant to walk out of Janata Party even after the fall of the...

4 Oct 2025 1:08 PM IST

Book Review | An All-too-Familiar Loneliness?Books
Book Review | An All-too-Familiar Loneliness?

The delicacy of observation and lightness of prose on offer here makes for pleasant reading, but often resembles the...

4 Oct 2025 1:06 PM IST

Book Review | Can Left Rise Again? A Saucy ViewBooks
Book Review | Can Left Rise Again? A Saucy View

The book and its author do keep the flag flying for those who believe the world should be a far more just and equitable...

27 Sept 2025 1:44 PM IST

Book Review | Too Much Solipsism Spoils the MemoirBooks
Book Review | Too Much Solipsism Spoils the Memoir

It would have been nice if this memoir was only about her relationship with Rayya, who was an extremely colourful...

27 Sept 2025 1:42 PM IST

Book Review | Road Trip Novel Dissects a MarriageBooks
Book Review | Road Trip Novel Dissects a Marriage

Markovits’ writing brings out best of all the narrator’s character

27 Sept 2025 1:40 PM IST

Book Review | The Other Bleak HouseBooks
Book Review | The Other Bleak House

It is a bleak setting, but the slow-paced engagement with memories, slipping identities and metaphors is presented by...

20 Sept 2025 3:19 PM IST

Book Review | True Story of Journalist Growing up in a KothaBooks
Book Review | True Story of Journalist Growing up in a Kotha

Manish or Monty (named after Rishi Kapoor in Karz) is born in a squalid kotha in north Calcutta’s Bandook Gully, amidst...

6 Sept 2025 1:54 PM IST

Book Review | Innovation Migrates from Silicon ValleyBooks
Book Review | Innovation Migrates from Silicon Valley

This mapping of technological innovations is an allegory for the complexities of cultures, competition and collaboration...

6 Sept 2025 1:49 PM IST

Book Review | In Love with Life, Cricket & WomenBooks
Book Review | In Love with Life, Cricket & Women

What sets Shikhar Dhawan’s ghosted autobiography apart is the honesty with which he has recounted his life as well as...

6 Sept 2025 1:47 PM IST

Book Review | Pujara: A Wife’s-Eye ViewBooks
Book Review | Pujara: A Wife’s-Eye View

As expected, this is a eulogy, but there are areas that seem too sterilised to be interesting

30 Aug 2025 1:53 PM IST

Book Review | A Mother-Daughter Love SagaBooks
Book Review | A Mother-Daughter Love Saga

A tribute to a difficult mother, this book is equally about the writer’s journey from a young girl to an accomplished...

30 Aug 2025 1:51 PM IST

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