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S.D. Burman (1906-1975)Books
A great composer's musical journey

All in all, S.D. Burman is an excellent and welcome addition to the existing oeuvre of scholarly books about Bollywood.

16 Sept 2018 12:13 AM IST

How Democracy Ends by David Runciman, Hachette, Rs 599.Books
Democracy past its prime, but still resilient

Finally there is the fear of a technological takeover. Current-day unintelligent but super-efficient machines already...

16 Sept 2018 12:11 AM IST

Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here By Aakar Patel. (Photo: Facebook @westlandbooks )Books
Ranjona Banerji | How atavism became ideology and Hindutva ambushed...

'Our Hindu Rashtra' is more a presentation of our recent history from the perspective of democracy

28 Feb 2021 4:09 AM IST

Cover page of By Many A Happy Accident by Hamid AnsariBooks
India's diversity a fact of life that can't be wished away'

The book is a recollection from memory, says Hamid Ansari on his autobiography

7 Feb 2021 12:45 PM IST

Cover Photo \Namita Gokhale Never Never Land\Books
Book Review | Nature the teacher in land of renunciation

The book is many-layered as it moves between the past and the present. Memory and its sister recollection imbue the...

30 March 2024 11:05 PM IST

Book Excerpt | How Telugu films celebrate folk heroes and NTR created Bobbili sub-genreBooks
Book Excerpt | How Telugu films celebrate folk heroes and NTR created...

Folk stories are also where Telugu cinema draws its method of exaggerated emotions from.

31 March 2024 12:05 AM IST

Cover page of The Dilemma of an Indian LiberalBooks
Book Review | India, essentially liberal? If not, should we celebrate...

The author is a retired corporate honcho and a marketing wizard

27 April 2024 1:30 PM IST

Cover page of Audacious Hope: An Archive of How Democracy is Being Saved in IndiaBooks
Book Review | Manifesto of Indian citizen shows constant vigil must...

This is a remarkably simple but effective method of reminding citizenry that a fight for democratic rights and...

20 April 2024 12:47 PM IST

The Matsya Curse by Shweta Taneja HarperCollins, Rs 399.Books
Book review: The underbelly of upside-down Delhi

The Matsya Curse is not for the faint hearted, and will delight readers of speculative and fantasy fiction.

6 Aug 2017 2:28 AM IST

One Day Well All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays by Scaachi Koul Picador, Rs 534.Books
Book review: Brown girl in the ring

Koul straightaway begins by introducing herself as the globetrotting daughter of Indian immigrants in this slim...

6 Aug 2017 2:27 AM IST

When Dimple met Rishi by Sandhya Menon, Hachette, Rs 399Books
Book review: Ephron's Harry and Sally get a desi, modern twist

Matters reach a head when Dimple realises that after this course she goes to Stanford and Rishi's off to MIT.

13 Aug 2017 2:01 AM IST

Whispers of War: An Afghan Freedom Fighters Account of the Soviet Invasion by Masood Khalili, Sage, Rs 495Books
Book review: Walking through Kabul, in the shadow of war

As someone who spent her childhood there, and who is distressed when Afghanistan is imagines as a forsaken wilderness...

13 Aug 2017 2:00 AM IST

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