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Cover photo of Victory City by Salman Rushdie. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Allegory for a civilisation in crisis an ode to undying...

Despite its serious subtexts, however, Victory City is, first and foremost, a joyous outpouring of the author's bravura...

26 Feb 2023 1:37 AM IST

Cover photo of The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Sensuous, meditative, Pico falters around people, but...

Kashmir and Broome are the parts when The Half Known Life is at its best. It suffers when the people Iyer meets do not...

19 Feb 2023 12:49 AM IST

Cover photo of The Hyderabad Heist by Sharmishtha Shenoy. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | A captivating account of India's biggest museum heist

Review of 'The Hyderabad Heist' by Sharmishtha Shenoy.

19 Feb 2023 12:44 AM IST

Cover photo of Jammu & Kashmir: The Wounded Paradise by Jawaharlal Kaul. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Kashmiri lives matter: Book reveals how Congress...

Review of 'Jammu & Kashmir: The Wounded Paradise' by Jawaharlal Kaul.

11 Feb 2023 12:52 AM IST

Cover photo of Insatiable by Shobhaa De. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | De does not flinch from baring deepest frailties,...

Review of 'Insatiable' by Shobhaa De.

12 Feb 2023 12:36 AM IST

Cover photo of No Way In by Udayan Mukherjee. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Hard-hitting social drama questions privilege

Review of 'No Way In' by Udayan Mukherjee

12 Feb 2023 12:30 AM IST

There are clich©s after clich©s, but the author cannot really be faulted for that because most conservative Indians do fall into stereotypes! (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | Classic Indian lad lit peppered with clich©s

This novel is classic lad lit done Indian ishtyle'

4 Feb 2023 11:41 PM IST

Book Review | Putin, America and the war on truth in Ukraine

Book Review | Putin, America and the war on truth in Ukraine

Coming from a military historian such a view is astonishing given that all wars are brutal, including today's faceless...

4 Feb 2023 11:30 PM IST

Cover photo of Gastronama: The Indian Guide to Eating Right by Kalpish Ratna. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Listen to your body, not your brain, when it comes to...

Review of 'Gastronama: The Indian Guide to Eating Right' by Kalpish Ratna.

26 March 2023 12:16 AM IST

Cover photo of Transforming the Steel Frame: Promise and Paradox of Civil Service Reform edited by Vinod Rai. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Could our civil service be less rule-oriented, more...

Review of 'Transforming the Steel Frame: Promise and Paradox of Civil Service Reform' edited by Vinod Rai.

26 March 2023 12:11 AM IST

Cover photo of Mystics and Sceptics: In Search of Himalayan Masters edited by Namita Gokhale. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Masters and seekers unravel philosophy of the Himalayas

Review of 'Mystics and Sceptics: In Search of Himalayan Masters' edited by Namita Gokhale.

19 March 2023 12:43 AM IST

Cover photo of The Inheritors by Nadeem Zaman. (Photo by arrangement)

Rupa Gulab | Bring on the intrigue amid Dhaka high life

Review of 'The Inheritors' by Nadeem Zaman.

19 March 2023 12:45 AM IST