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While the intent is one that would have the support of all Indians and their global allies, the question is, how exactly is India poised on the world stage? (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | No room for atavism if India hopes to be a leading world...

The first distinction of importance is the definition of world powers and where India stands or seeks to stand

4 March 2023 11:38 PM IST

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Book Review | Pashtuns: One race, two nations; a bloody present but...

The book brings the reader up to date on the developments related to the Pashtuns both in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

30 April 2023 12:49 AM IST

Cover photo of Moms in the Wild by Nidhi Raichand. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The cut-throat world of momfluencers

Raichand has taken a contemporary theme, that of the fiercely competitive world of social media influencers, and weaved...

30 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

Cover photo of Made in India by Amitabh Kant. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | A groundbreaking history of Indian public policy &...

The world of startups focusses on India's major achievements: The launching of over 65,000 startups with multifold...

30 April 2023 12:57 AM IST

Cover photo of The Laughter by Sonora Jha. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Culture wars (in a US varsity) and the price of clarity

10 days after I closed the book, I still feel as though it ran me over with a lorry.

23 April 2023 12:47 AM IST

Cover photo of Azaad: An Autobiography by Ghulam Nabi Azad. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | None too comfortable revelations from a Congress Party...

In Azad's telling he and Sonia Gandhi had a great working equation.

23 April 2023 12:51 AM IST

Cover photo of The Inexact Room by Salil Chaturvedi. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Surrealistic pieces crafted inexactly

Against this predictability and contrivance stand the occasional rhythm to the words, the touches of whimsy, a few...

23 April 2023 12:01 AM IST

Cover photo by Following a Prayer by Sundar Sarukkai. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Three little girls go looking for meaning

Warmth, humour, playfulness, earthiness, and intelligence shine out of this absolutely charming book.

16 April 2023 12:52 AM IST

Cover photo of One Small Voice by Santanu Bhattacharya. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | One young Indian maps changing nation, finds hope amid...

The book is a grim reminder of what happens when one remains silent the toll it exacts on both the silencer and the...

16 April 2023 12:35 AM IST

Cover photo of The Indian President: An Insiders Account of the Zail Singh Years by K.C. Singh. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | How a family retainer' reinvented himself to be an...

The biggest challenges that Zail Singh faced were during the Army operation in the Golden Temple

9 April 2023 12:30 AM IST

Cover photo of Maulana Azad: A Life by S. Irfan Habib. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Anti-colonial thinker who gave the lie to Islamic...

Brilliant minds came forth as India experienced colonial modernity, and Maulana Azad certainly has a place among the...

9 April 2023 12:28 AM IST

Cover photo of The Forsaken Wilderness by Vivaan Shah. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Florid, lurid, turgid mountaineering fantasy

The Forsaken Wilderness is the story of Barkat Singh Randhawa, a civil engineer by profession.

9 April 2023 12:25 AM IST