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Cover image of the book titled Anxious People

Reality bites for these folks

This 2019 best seller is a fascinating read that delves into the lives of anxious strangers trapped in a strange hostage...

17 Nov 2020 6:30 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (PTI)

Narendra Modi's letters to 'Mother India' to come out as a book in...

Modi had developed a habit of writing a letter to Jagat Janani' every night before going to bed, as per the publisher.

30 May 2020 10:41 PM IST

On the Open Road

A week's plan works for me'

An inspirational story of three people who refuse to give up on themselves

21 Oct 2021 10:48 AM IST

John Lang: Wanderer of Hindoostan, Slanderer in Hindoostanee, Lawyer for the Ranee By Amit Ranjan. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Discovering the Oz author who was lawyer for Rani of...

In his short life of 48 years, John Lang produced 23 novels, one travelogue, some plays and five volumes of poetry

20 Nov 2021 7:57 PM IST

Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute By Maroof Raza. (Amazon photo)

Book Review | Crouching Elephant, Hidden Dragon: This history is not...

The resulting shortcomings in dealing with the Chinese have cost India dearly in terms of its security and progress

20 Nov 2021 7:55 PM IST

Karunanidhi: A Life By A.S. Panneerselvan. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Truths about M. Karunanidhi & perspectives on Tamil...

One of the key takeaways in the book is the articulation of Karunanidhi's position vis-a-vis the Sri Lankan Tamil issue

20 Nov 2021 7:52 PM IST

Book cover of All Roads Lead North by Amish Raj Mulmi. (Photo: Goodreads)

Book review | All Roads Lead North

A handshake across Himalayas, amid Terai rumblings

21 Jun 2021 11:48 AM IST

A scripture-quoting narrator with tongue firmly in cheek relates the story of a devious zamindar and moneylender in a village in Odisha. (Photo: Amazon)

Book Review | An Odia literary star's fine vignettes, wicked wit and...

While the book deals with dark subjects, the hand that writes it is beautifully light, and gives you many occasions to...

20 Jun 2021 12:30 AM IST

In his short, intense, sad but artistically fruitful life Guru Dutt managed to communicate with a large audience who paid to see his films and sustained his production company; an absolute necessity in commercial Hindi cinema. (Photo: Amazon)

Book Review | The eloquent outsider, lovingly remembered...

Guru Dutt had the rare ability of being loved and commanding the loyalty of those who came in contact with him

20 Jun 2021 12:20 AM IST

Salmans essay is not unsympathetic to the hijras and charts the structure of their social existence and pleads for some attention to the risks they face through HIV and AIDS. (Photo: Amazon)

Book Review | Fantasy beats autofiction, but magic realism' trounced...

Salman contends that publishing today favours the revealing, racially, sexually and culturally situated autobiography

20 Jun 2021 12:10 AM IST

The book comes with a list of questions for reading club discussions. (Photo: Amazon)

Book Review | Bookseller's love story in wartime Paris shows past is...

Fast paced, the book, though a work of fiction, has been well researched and with historical sources cited

6 Jun 2021 9:27 AM IST

This is clearly a book that needs to be read over an extended period of time. (Photo: Goodreads)

Book Review | Hobsbawm's choice: When logic rejects nationalism...

Britain's best-known historian, Eric Hobsbawm, traverses a similar path in his writings on Nationalism

6 Jun 2021 9:18 AM IST