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Cover page of The Inconceivable Idea of the Sun by Anil Menon. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | A cleverly wound string of quirky-witty mindbenders

Everything in this quirky speculative fiction is about a search for essence

4 Sept 2022 2:08 AM IST

If I Survive You. (Image: DC)

A Jamaican survivor chronicles Americana

People who burn themselves up in pursuit of survival rarely survive anyone or anything

22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Elas Unfinished Business. (Image: DC)

Cozy murder mystery begs for a sequel

A person in great need of a psychologist herself, and a most irritating individual to boot

8 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Your Face Belongs to Us. (Image: DC)

Is anonymity extinct? What about privacy

Duplicate software have come out in the wake of Clearview which is still highly controversial

8 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, (Image: DC)

Provocative analysis inspires fresh look at Sino-US power strife

The writer underplays China's aggressiveness in South and East China Seas and across Line of Actual Control (LAC)...

8 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

From Manjunath to Manjamma: The Inspiring Life of a Transgender Folk Artist, By Harsha Bhat and Jogati Manjamma. (Image: DC)

Book Celebrating Jogathi Hero Cuts Corners

The book, From Manjunath to Manjamma, has been written by Harsha Bhat, a journalist and former senior sub-editor of...

1 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Coverpage of Roman Stories.

Book Review | Roman lives curiously radiate that sinking feeling

Jhumpa Lahiri is an acquired taste

17 Dec 2023 2:17 AM IST

Coverpage of Mansur.

Book Review | Heady Mughal thriller combines intrigue and art

There's a good story here. With a little more research, much more depth, and mature telling, it could have been a...

17 Dec 2023 1:59 AM IST

Coverpage of Breaking the Mould: Reimagining Indias Economic Future.

Book Excerpt | India's growth story diverges from the pan-Asian...

Excerpted with permission of the publisher from 'Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future'

17 Dec 2023 1:44 AM IST

Book Review | Spectres and spirits of Bengal past

Book Review | Spectres and spirits of Bengal past

Sucheta Dasgupta has carefully selected and translated six of Mukhopadhyay's stories in the folk/fairy tale and fantasy...

17 Dec 2023 1:35 AM IST

Crook Manifesto By Colson Whitehead. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Of crookedness, conscience and a spoofy tour of Harlem

Carney is determined to beg, steal, or borrow, but none of his friends or old contacts in the criminal world can help

10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

A Bollywood State of Mind By Sunny Singh. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Ode to Bollywood, memory and the power of cinema

A Bollywood State of Mind is a biography punctuated and headlined, quite literally, by Hindi film titles, songs, trivia,...

10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST