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The Matsya Curse by Shweta Taneja HarperCollins, Rs 399.

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.

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 399

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 495

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

What Kitty Did by Trisha Bora, HarperCollins, Rs 299; 288 pages

Book review: Gripping tale of 25-year-old journo

It was basically divided into a recipe mode: ingredients, batter, heat, eating, coffee and a cig which on hindsight...

11 Aug 2017 12:30 AM IST

Secretly Yours by Vikrant Khanna Penguin, Rs 175

Book review: Romance takes the thriller route

When Sahil confesses his love to Anya, she turns him down, saying that she can't reciprocate his feelings.

27 Nov 2016 1:34 AM IST

Where The River Parts by Radhika Swarup Rupa, Rs 295

Book review: Love in the time of Partition

The story is very focused. It's 1947 and in the town of Suhanpur, in just about to be divided Punjab.

27 Nov 2016 1:35 AM IST

Scattered Souls by Shahnaz Bashir Fourth Estate, RS 399

Book review: A snapshot of Kashmir with a time and date stamp

What he shares most with such illustrious predecessors however is the way his stories feel authentic and historical.

22 Jan 2017 2:46 AM IST

Understanding the Black Economy and Black Money in India by Arun Kumar Aleph, Rs 399

Book review: Decoding the anatomy of black money

In this short, kindle-size book of 112 pages, the author manages to bring out many interesting facets of black money in...

7 May 2017 2:35 AM IST

Malavika Rajkotia

Book review: Analysing marriage in contemporary India

Family law has grown beyond the boundaries of marriage, divorce , maintenance and child custody and support.

5 May 2017 12:14 AM IST

Aliyah: The Last Jew in The Village by Sethu, translated from the Malayalam by Catherine Thankamma Harper Perennial, Rs 399.

Book review: Betwixt and between identities

The Hindu and Christian neighbours of the Jews are bewildered at this turn of events, and rather suspicious.

9 July 2017 2:27 AM IST

Maid in India: Stories of Inequality and Opportunity Inside Our Homes by Tripti Lahiri Aleph, Rs 599.

Book review: An incisive account of a complex relationship

Read it to know about the way we were, the way we are and the way we will be unless we drastically revise our notion of...

9 July 2017 2:26 AM IST