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Best reads 2016

It impresses you with its authentic style and immediacy of the narrative, or realistic but flawed characters that stay...

25 Dec 2016 3:02 AM IST

Book review: A difficult story of Tibet and Xinjiang

Book review: A difficult story of Tibet and Xinjiang

Xinjiang and Tibet occupy 1.6 and 1.2 million square kilometers respectively of China's 9.6 million square kilometers.

4 Dec 2016 3:16 AM IST

Mr Iyer Goes to War by Ryan Lobo Bloomsbury, Rs 399

A compelling, humane story

Mr Iyer Goes to War is filled with witty characters, light humour and insightful quotes.

10 Dec 2016 2:02 AM IST

The princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher Bantam Press Hardcover 272, Rs 1,436

Book review: Carrie Fisher's The Princess Diarist not dishy enough

Fisher blames her hazy recall of the behind-the-scenes affair with Harrison Ford on the potent marijuana.

16 Dec 2016 1:47 AM IST

A Long Watch: War, Captivity and Return in Sri Lanka by Ajith Boyagoda as told to Sunila Galappatti HarperCollins, Rs 350.

Book review: A personal reminiscence of LTTE war

Apart from his, personal travail as a prisoner of war, Boyagoda does well to establish the long history of the Tamil...

11 Dec 2016 2:44 AM IST

Driven: The Virat Kohli Story by Vijay Lokapally Bloomsbury, Rs 399

Book review: ChikooThe passionate, angry cricketer from Delhi

Lokapally's book Driven: The Virat Kohli Story chronicles the ascendency of the 28-year-old cricketer hailing from a...

11 Dec 2016 2:40 AM IST

Cover photo of China Betrays Again by By Maj. Gen. Ashok Kumar, VSM (Retd). (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | China standoff at LAC to boomerang on itself

China's LAC stand-off may actually be a nightmare for its never-tested-in-battle troops

9 Jun 2024 12:04 AM IST