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Book Review | Desi Lesbian romance hopes to make a point

The romance novel about star-crossed lovers Krish and Mahi has not one, not two, but three happy endings

9 Jan 2023 10:12 AM IST

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Book Review | Cosy memoir spells out why trust is the secret of...

Rajiv Gandhi had been wrestling with a defiant President Zail Singh, the Bofors controversy, and the Arun Nehru and V.P....

9 Jan 2023 10:08 AM IST

Cover photo of Unveiling Jazbaa: A History of Pakistan Womens Cricket by Aayush Puthran (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | In a league of their own

Book review of 'Unveiling Jazbaa: A History of Pakistan Women's Cricket' by Aayush Puthran (Photo by arrangement)

1 Jan 2023 11:40 PM IST

Cover photo of India in Search of Glory: Political Calculus and Economy by Ashok K. Lahiri. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Policies that leverage behavioural economics can effect...

One of the important tasks the book accomplishes is the systematic dismantling of various myths that tend to divide...

26 Feb 2023 1:41 AM IST

Cover photo of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India by Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy T. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Shocking study on drug regulation leaves us wiser

What Thakur and Reddy have done here is a public service: To carefully lay out the problems we face when it comes to...

26 Feb 2023 1:39 AM IST

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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

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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

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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