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Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Simon & Schuster, $19.50Books
Book review: The Boss & his hungry heart

Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band have rocked the worlds of million fans all over the globe and continue to do so.

20 Nov 2016 2:06 AM IST

Devi, Diva or She-Devil: The Smart Career Womans Survival Guide by Sudha Menon Penguin, Rs 499Books
Book review: None of the pleasure, all of the guilt

For a woman of Menon's stature to go all out endorsing patriarchy is disheartening in the least.

19 March 2017 2:04 AM IST

Kasturba Gandhi and her four sons in South-Africa.Books
Book review: A good idea lost in translation

The fictional Kasturba largely skims past the important stuff.

19 March 2017 1:58 AM IST

An Unsuitable Boy by Karan Johar with Poonam Saxena Penguin, Rs 699Books
Book review: Dil se, the story of a South Bombay boy

Like any good film, the book can be divided into three parts the first section is about his growing up years.

29 Jan 2017 12:34 AM IST

Swedish journalist and best-selling author David Lagercrantz at his apartment in Stockholm. (Photo: AFP)Books
Lisbeth Salander returns with a vengeance

The first three books, penned by the late Stieg Larsson, sold 80 million copies in 50 countries.

12 May 2017 2:08 AM IST

Whispers of War: An Afghan Freedom Fighters Account of the Soviet Invasion By Masood Khalili Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, pp. 300, Rs 375Books
Afghan diplomat's account of Soviet invasion

According to him, it is very hard to know the real life stories of the people unless one hears these from them.

12 May 2017 2:02 AM IST

I Am Duran: The Autobiography by Roberto Duran Macmillan, £16Books
Book review: The legend full of pride

Only twice, in 1985 and 1990, did Duran not punch anyone inside the ring.

13 Nov 2016 6:27 AM IST

Modi Doctrine: The Foreign Policy of Indias Prime Minister by Sreeram Chaulia Bloomsbury, Rs 599Books
Book review: Scholarship lost in hagiography

It is in effect a magic wand in the hands of an inspired leader that will make India an independent third power centre...

13 Nov 2016 6:17 AM IST

Genghis KhanBooks
The most fearsome, marauding military leader's story told in flippant...

Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol empire was a military genius, a notorious tyrant who used psychological warfare to...

7 July 2017 12:41 AM IST

Yashwant SinhaBooks
Reforms, politics don't mix well'

It is a law of nature that credit goes to the person who is on the spot, and blame goes to the person who is on the...

7 July 2017 12:35 AM IST

Enter the dangal: Travels through Indias Wrestling Landscape by rudraneil sengupta HarperCollins, Rs 350Books
Book review: From kushti to wrestling, one bout at a time

The soft ending is expectedly with Gobor Goho, one of Bengal's and the country's finest wrestlers.

26 March 2017 3:55 AM IST

Dvarca by Madhav Mathur FingerPrint! Rs 295Books
Book review: A world full of Nakuls, Vidurs and Narads

Dvarca's world is separated from our own only by a small stretch of the imagination.

15 Jan 2017 2:03 AM IST

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