Home » Book review

You Searched For "Book review"

Cover photo of Here and Hereafter: Nirmal Vermas Life in Literature by Vineet Gill. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | An insightful biography of a Hindi thought pioneer

The book is both an inner quest and a critical history.

7 May 2023 1:07 AM IST

Cover photo of The Portrait of a Secret by Tarun Mehrishi. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Too many frivolous details spoil a cleverly...

Mehrishi does a good job of bringing all the strands of the story together at the end, and throws in a bonus surprise as...

7 May 2023 1:00 AM IST

Book Review | Entrepreneur couple promotes physical literacy in picture book

Book Review | Entrepreneur couple promotes physical literacy in...

The book is on Toori Mamas' path to fitness and the invaluable lessons he learns in this journey.

6 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

Cover photo of Grief Growth Grace by Neena Verma. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Rising beyond personal losses

The three-part book invites you to discover each of the three entwined phenomena of grief, growth and grace.

6 May 2023 12:36 AM IST

Cover photo of Centres of Power: My Years in the Prime Ministers Office and Security Council. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Sketch of two charismatic PMs whose errors cost India...

The author relates with honesty the flaws and strengths Rajiv Gandhi, then seen as India's John F Kennedy'.

25 Jun 2023 12:50 AM IST

Cover photo ³f The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Rural India gets ready for a feminist romp

While the book starts off all sedate and serious, the author suddenly decides to let her hair down and turns it into a...

25 Jun 2023 12:45 AM IST

Roses in the Fire of Spring: Better Roses for a Warming World & Other Garden Adventures

Book Review | The Viraraghavans of Kodaikanal and their zany roses

'Roses in the Fire of Spring' is both a tribute and documentation of the work of two intrepid rosarians

25 Jun 2023 12:43 AM IST

Cover photo of Anaximander and the Nature of Science by Carlo Rovelli. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The pioneering and pivotal thought of Anaximander

Rovelli makes it clear from the beginning that this book is not the history of the discoveries of Anaximander.

18 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Cover photo of Elephantam Misophantam by Vinoy Thomas. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Elephant fable packs an environment message

This story of good and evil is also the story of finding one's hidden strength in the midst of trying times.

18 Jun 2023 7:04 AM IST

Cover photo of Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Vintage Atwood in 7 elegant sketches of family, loss!

Old Babes in the Wood is at its shimmering best in a set of linked stories about a couple, Nell and Tig.

18 Jun 2023 12:03 AM IST

Cover photo of Medical Maladies: Stories of Disease and Cure From Indian Languages edited by Haris Qadeer. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Illness as a metaphor for the Indian condition

All in all, a book that draws attention to the vibrancy of writing in the bhashas and the range and variety of topics...

11 Jun 2023 12:24 AM IST

Cover photo of Soft Animal by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Lockdown and the homemaker blues

Well written enough that I got through it without wanting to bang my head against a wall.

11 Jun 2023 12:18 AM IST