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Cover photo of Black River by Nilanjana S. Roy (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The soul of a river, poured into saga of fatherhood and...

Roy's success lies in the fact that it is actually comforting to read her work not just for the clarity but also the...

20 Nov 2022 1:40 AM IST

Cover photo of The Education of Yuri by Jerry Pinto (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Quasi-autobiographical & sanitised trip back to 1980s'...

There's a disquieting view of the country's education system, as Yuri discovers in preparing for the tuitions that...

20 Nov 2022 1:38 AM IST

Cover Photo of Rethink Ageing: Lessons in Ageing from the Older and Bolder Generation by Reshmi Chakraborty and Nidhi Chawla (Photo: By arrangement)

Book Review | Who's afraid of growing old?

The book, strangely, given my pessimism about ageing, made me smile

20 Nov 2022 1:35 AM IST

Cover photo of The War Diary of Asha-San by Lt Bharati Asha Sahay Choudhry (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Diary of 17-yr-old girl of Netaji's INA evokes Bengal's...

Review of 'The War Diary of Asha-San' by Lt Bharati Asha' Sahay Choudhry

13 Nov 2022 1:30 AM IST

Cover photo of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Narrating the Lankan experience in guise of a...

Review of 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' by Shehan Karunatilaka

13 Nov 2022 1:27 AM IST

Cover photo of Memsahibs: British Women in Colonial India by Ipshita Nath (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The Memsahib among Indians, her burden' and her doubts

Book Review of 'Memsahibs: British Women in Colonial India' by Ipshita Nath

6 Nov 2022 1:52 AM IST

Cover page of Shadows of the Fragmented Moon

Book Review | A unique meditation on the metaphysical realities of...

Shubhrangshu Roy's poetry is a testament to the identity crisis most individuals go through

27 Dec 2022 2:05 PM IST

Cover photo of The Jealousy Man by Jo Nesbo (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | A Norwegian master on the heat of the moment

Review of 'The Jealousy Man' by Jo Nesbo

11 Dec 2022 1:35 AM IST

The cover page of The Anglo-Indians: A Portrait of a Community

Book Review | How Anglo-Indians transformed India

The book covers much more than the things I've described, of course. It is as comprehensive as any book about any...

4 Dec 2022 8:09 AM IST

The cover page of Netaji: Subhas Chandra Boses Life, Politics & Struggle

Book Review | Bose revisited: Whose Netaji is he anyway?

Krishna Bose was an authority on Netaji's life and times and is the author of several books on him

4 Dec 2022 8:03 AM IST

The cover page of Who Will Bell the Cow? by Shruti Ganapatye

Book Review | Understanding the beef over cow politics

The author laments that the National Crime Records Bureau has nothing on lynching, cow slaughter crimes and crimes...

4 Dec 2022 7:57 AM IST

The Happiness Trail A Road Map to Success By Ramesh Venkateswaran. (Amazon)

Book Review | For young souls trapped on the hedonic treadmill

At the outset, Ramesh tells us that his book is not prescriptive or preachy nor is it a compass with a clear direction

29 Jan 2022 6:48 PM IST