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Book Review | A Young Thief’s Forbidden Love

Book Review | A Young Thief’s Forbidden Love

As the story unfurls, the book takes on the hues of a thriller, keeping readers eagerly turning the pages. A fabulous...

21 Feb 2026 12:28 PM IST

Book Review | Notes on How to Navigate Life

Book Review | Notes on How to Navigate Life

Readers who have enjoyed Aiyar’s travel books, such as Smoke and Mirrors and Punjabi Parmesan, and were hoping for...

21 Feb 2026 12:27 PM IST

Book Review | Flavours From a Distant Mountain

Book Review | Flavours From a Distant Mountain

In twenty-eight chapters, Saxena records twenty-eight Kargili dishes and their recipes

21 Feb 2026 12:24 PM IST

Book Review | Reverse-Engineered ‘State-of-the-Nation’ Stories

Book Review | Reverse-Engineered ‘State-of-the-Nation’ Stories

This is not Anita Nair at her best, unfortunately. The stories are not tight, there’s a lot of meandering, which can...

7 Feb 2026 12:01 PM IST

Book Review | Rolling Vista of ‘Real India’

Book Review | Rolling Vista of ‘Real India’

The Social Life of Indian Trains is a slim volume — more like an expanded essay than a fully-fledged, book-length work

7 Feb 2026 11:59 AM IST

Book Review | Lifestyle Journalism Becomes Political

Book Review | Lifestyle Journalism Becomes Political

Vasudev is not trying to write a polemic or a theory-heavy intervention. The politics of the book emerges through...

7 Feb 2026 11:56 AM IST

Book Review | The Charisma of Narayana Guru

Book Review | The Charisma of Narayana Guru

It was a fact that Narayana Guru was from Ezhava community, which was low in the hierarchical system dominated by the...

24 Jan 2026 1:09 PM IST

Book Review | What It Takes To be an Imperfect Musician

Book Review | What It Takes To be an Imperfect Musician

The book starts with Baba reminiscing about his early days, how he ran away from home to learn music, in Kolkata, his...

24 Jan 2026 1:08 PM IST

Book Review | Great Nicobar: A Perfect Storm in the Making

Book Review | Great Nicobar: A Perfect Storm in the Making

Great Nicobar is near maritime routes like the Strait of Malacca, making it attractive for port and logistic...

24 Jan 2026 1:06 PM IST

Book Review | Comedian’s Memoir Lives up to Its Promise

Book Review | Comedian’s Memoir Lives up to Its Promise

In The Outsider, Vir Das reflects on how, his entire life, he’s never actually fitted in anywhere

17 Jan 2026 12:59 PM IST

Book Review | The True Desperation of Odisha’s Dalit Lives

Book Review | The True Desperation of Odisha’s Dalit Lives

All in all, it’s a disturbing, provocative read, but the translation lets the story down occasionally

10 Jan 2026 1:32 PM IST

Book Review | A Master’s New Avatar Fails to Grip

In Ghost-Eye, his first work of fiction in seven years and a sequel in more than just spirit to his previous novels The...

10 Jan 2026 1:31 PM IST