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Cover photo of Vajpayee: The Ascent of Hindu Right 1924-1977 by Abhishek Chaudhary. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Vajpayee never a liberal but Hindu Right's first spin...

Perhaps, he can be said to be the first of spin-doctors of the Hindu right, where conviction was not necessary,...

11 Jun 2023 12:28 AM IST

Cover photo of The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIAs Most Controversial Covert Program. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The Guantanamo trauma and Abu Zubaydah's unbearable...

Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy are two of the world's best known investigative writers with several acclaimed books...

4 Jun 2023 12:31 AM IST

Cover photo of Song of the Golden Sparrow by Nilanjan P. Choudhury. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Convention-bound aesthetic, too many subplots clutter up...

Historically significant characters flit in and out of the book.

4 Jun 2023 12:37 AM IST

Cover photo of Prahar: The Singing Clock by Pravin Godkhindi. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | A refreshingly original fiction on power of ragas

The short easy read is a mere 137 pages, but laudably, refreshingly original.

4 Jun 2023 12:41 AM IST

Cover photo of How China Sees India and the World by Shyam Saran. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | What we don't talk about when we talk about China

The book is designed to explain China's past and present in a succinct, step-by-step manner which makes it easy to...

30 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Cover photo of I Named My Sister Silence by Manoj Rupda. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | In defence of living things, big and small

The story has a powerful message that renders its effect both long-lasting and satisfying.

30 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Cover photo of Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | A literary thriller parsing corruption and class

Age of Vice is about Ajay, a dalit from an Uttar Pradesh village who is trafficked at the age of eight to work as a...

30 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Cover photo of Work 3.0 by Avik Chanda and Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | How to rehumanise the workplace in the era of cyborgs

The fear is, machines could become sentient in the not-too-distant future.

23 July 2023 12:04 AM IST

Cover photo of Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Even nostalgia has its limits in this science fantasy on...

Time Shelter is, perhaps, one of the most brilliant books of our time.

23 July 2023 12:08 AM IST

Cover photo of The Past is Never Dead by Ujjal Dosanjh. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Politician's debut flags caste in Sikh diaspora

The novel examines ways of configuring human relationships with empathy and kindness.

23 July 2023 12:14 AM IST

Cover photo of The Scientific Sufi: The Life and Times of Jagadish Chandra Bose by Meher Wan. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Jagadish Bose, idealist who shone against odds

Wan is strong at delineating the overwhelming odds Bose had to overcome all through his life.

16 July 2023 12:01 AM IST

Cover photo of Indias Secret War: BSF and Nine Months to the Birth of Bangladesh by Ushinor Majumdar. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | How BSF was the first to launch the war to liberate...

The book is dotted with the untold story of BSF heroes who were the first to extend the hand of friendship to the rebels...

16 July 2023 12:07 AM IST