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Didi: The Untold Mamata Banerjee by Shutapa Paul, Penguin Random House, Rs 299.

Didi: Her turf, on her terms

Mamata emerged from her one-room house with shouts of Mamata Banerjee zindabad .

2 Dec 2018 1:40 AM IST

The Wounds of the Dead by Vikram Paralkar, Fourth Estate, Rs 324

Magically unreal with a touch of absurd

Magic realism is a difficult genre to pull off but Paralkar has managed to do so with aplomb.

25 March 2018 12:45 AM IST

Split: A Life by Taslima Nasrin, Hamish Hamilton, Rs 329

A summary of ruptures

In its materiality it asserts the power of the printed word and the reaction it triggers in those who fear the word.

25 March 2018 12:44 AM IST

Sanjay Dutt with first wife Richa Sharma and Kumar Gaurav.

A life not seen through rose-tinted glasses

In a career spanning almost four decades and more than 100 films, Sanjay Dutt has only around 10 noteworthy films, a...

25 March 2018 12:43 AM IST

Dekyi Linka, the Indian Mission in Lhasa till 1952 (thereafter the Indian Consulate-General).

How Tibet lost its independence and India its gentle neighbour

It relates to the sequence of events and the role of KM Panikkar, the Indian Ambassador in China, during the weeks after...

23 March 2018 12:41 AM IST

The Aryabhata Clan by Sudipto Das, Niyogi Books, Rs 595

Cracking symbols the Dan Brown way

The stakes are high a terrorist group is plotting to destroy India's most significant and recognisable symbol of Mughal...

18 March 2018 1:42 AM IST

On a Truck Alone to McMahon by Nabaeeta Dev Sen translated by Arunava Sinha, Oxford University Press, Rs 395

Hilarious and gripping adventure

The book is Dev Sen's diary-ish account of her 1977 trip to Tawang.

13 May 2018 6:16 AM IST

Directorate S: The CIA and Americas Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 by Steve Coll, Allen Lane , Rs 799

Magnum opus on AfPak history Of CIA, ISI at work

A substantial part of the book is about the collusion between Pakistan's military-controlled spy agency, the ISI and the...

13 May 2018 6:14 AM IST

SURVIVE OR SINK: An Action Agenda for Sanitation, Water, Pollution and Green Finance, By Naina Lal Kidwai, Rupa Publications, pp 262, Rs 495

We're doing well on green energy'

India can learn a lot on what China is doing on sanitation, on pollution and green finance agenda.

11 May 2018 12:29 AM IST

Passionate Players: A selection of writings, By Pran Nevile, Book Wise India, pp 190, Rs 495

Raj days: When women were honoured in their absence

The Portuguese, who had preceded the British, used to send annual batches of women for marriage with their officials in...

11 May 2018 12:29 AM IST

Tripathi and his co-investigator Etmad As experiences are minutely penned in the book which is published by Penguin Random House India.

Book review: Dera Sacha Sauda and Gurmeet Ram Rahim, investigating a...

Anurag Tripathi's new and explosive book chronicles his search for the truth behind the man once touted to be God.

10 May 2018 4:55 PM IST

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership by James Comey, Macmillan, Rs 599

Comey calls Trump unfit, 'A mafia warlord'

Comey narrates the story of his entire life as a principled fight against bullies, without sounding preachy or unreal.

10 Jun 2018 1:26 AM IST