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The entire book is about secrets. Secrets held by Mallika, the protagonist. Secrets held by Mallikas mother, Mallikas aunt, Mallikas neighbours and Mallikas friends all the main characters. If I were to describe Fear and Lovely the way I want to, you would hear a robotic voice uttering spoiler alert at the start of almost every paragraph.

Book review | Slow & lovely dive into a middle class Indian girl's...

The entire book is about secrets. Secrets held by Mallika, the protagonist

3 July 2023 1:04 AM IST

Annas stories sprang from his politics, and, more visibly, the compassion in which his socialist views were rooted. His feelings on British rule, brahminical superiority, widow remarriage, and what were to become known as self-respect marriages marriages free of priests and dowries all show up in them. Finally, he was one of the pioneers of using popular fiction to promote a political party, first as a writer of short stories and then as a writer of movie scripts.

Book Review | C.N. Annadurai's witty social realism lost in...

Annadurai's fame as a politician tends to overshadow his accomplishments as a storyteller

3 July 2023 12:46 AM IST

Book Review | Giving wings to amateur birders

Book Review | Giving wings to amateur birders

Aasheesh's collection of essays, written over nearly four decades, makes justice to the phrase The Pleasures of Birds...

3 July 2023 12:38 AM IST

The chronological narrative follows three themes. First a brief overview of the budgets presented by each FM a refresher for fiscal policy wonks and deeply instructive for eager learners. Second, an informed and lively peek into the personal dynamics between the Prime Minister (PM) and each FM and between each FM and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) all situated within the political economy context over the three decades. (Image By Arrangement)

Book Review | Finance ministers who shaped early post-Independence...

What struck this reviewer was how many FMs resigned from office in those early days a practice that ended soonafter

3 July 2023 12:19 AM IST

Cover photo of The Bird Man of India: Salim Ali for Children by Zai Whitaker. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Salim Ali: An unlikely beginning, a great end

It's the author's well-founded belief that Salim Ali's life offers today's children a role model.

27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Cover photo of In the Body of a Woman: Essays on Law, Gender and Society by Aaliya Waziri. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Angsty examination of our body of laws through lens of...

What Waziri lays bare are the inequalities of our gender laws. The insensitivity of our judicial pronouncements.

27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Book Review | Doughty subaltern teen beats trafficking, shows community new future

Book Review | Doughty subaltern teen beats trafficking, shows...

There is intrigue, excitement, suspense and action.

20 Aug 2023 12:27 AM IST

Cover photo of How Prime Ministers Decide, by Neerja Chowdhury. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Secrets & surprises: Oral testimonies of India's...

What Chowdhury unfolds is an engrossing narrative of event, turns out to be a political thriller.

20 Aug 2023 12:15 AM IST

Cover photo of An Unfinished Search by Rashmi Narzary. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | A family's quest amid shifting sands of identity

The author has dedicated the book to the rootless, separated, identity-less people, victims of war and Partition.

20 Aug 2023 12:08 AM IST

Cover photo of The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | An English garden opens window to healing

Odd though it may seem, this sadness that you don't expect to find in a feel-good book is what makes it work so well.

13 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Cover photo of A Forgotten Ambassador in Cairo: The Life and Times of Syud Hossain by N.S. Vinodh. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Why India forgot Syud Hossain, its first ambassador to...

For those seeking to understand the context of the Khilafat Movement, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, look no further.

13 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Cover photo of Smoke and Ashes: A Writers Journey through Opiums Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | White is might in opium memoir that unmasks Britain,...

In Smoke and Ashes, his new book of nonfiction, Ghosh returns to opium.

6 Aug 2023 12:16 AM IST