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Book Excerpt | India’s growth story diverges from the pan-Asian narrative
Excerpted with permission of the publisher from 'Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future'
17 Dec 2023 1:44 AM
Book Review | Spectres and spirits of Bengal past
Sucheta Dasgupta has carefully selected and translated six of Mukhopadhyay's stories in the folk/fairy tale and fantasy genre
17 Dec 2023 1:35 AM
A Man from Motihari, A lyrical tale of love, loss and breaking boundaries
Like Patna Blues, the writer’s earlier novel, the writing is unpretentious and evocative
13 Dec 2023 5:32 PM
Book Review | Of crookedness, conscience and a spoofy tour of Harlem
Carney is determined to beg, steal, or borrow, but none of his friends or old contacts in the criminal world can help
10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM
Book Review | Ode to Bollywood, memory and the power of cinema
A Bollywood State of Mind is a biography punctuated and headlined, quite literally, by Hindi film titles, songs, trivia, and dialogues
10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM
Book Excerpt | Pranab: How I had worked with Indira, Sonia, Manmohan Singh
I felt that while Dr Singh might not have been as aggressive as Pranab in voicing his opinions
10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM
Book Review | How to prank and laugh your way to success
Prahlad is very honest about his own shortcomings and the painful lessons he had to learn through his youth.
02 Dec 2023 10:42 PM
Book Review | Tamil Christian girl from Rangoon becomes a doctor
The author has been able to be objective in the recording of personal, social and professional experiences.
02 Dec 2023 10:34 PM
Book Review | A barely-there romance, but a rip-roaring stressbuster!
The Burnout is far, far from perfect. But it’s so funny that even my strict inner editor doesn’t care.
02 Dec 2023 10:30 PM
Book Review | A memoir, journal or laundry list? Or man gargling in the drawing room?
This is the kind of memoir that leaves nothing out.
18 Nov 2023 11:23 PM
Book Review | Women in WW2 prison camp stick by one another
The novel is based on a true story.
18 Nov 2023 11:20 PM
Book Review | Brilliant debut on precocious girl consumed by squash
The characters emerge clearly as the story progresses.
18 Nov 2023 11:17 PM
Book Excerpt | An Indian woman’s first encounter with the Taliban
Exceprt of 'The Taliban and I' by Sushmita Bandyopadhyay.
18 Nov 2023 11:15 PM
Perumal Murugan’s Firebird wins JCB Literature Prize!
Firebird is published by Penguin India Hamish Hamilton.
18 Nov 2023 11:12 PM
Book Review | Frothy at first, messy mix of non-fiction and fiction later on
Who then will win this battle?
12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM
Book Review | Aurangzeb’s riotous commentary of our times
You read it because you’re bored and need amusement
12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM
Book Review | Insufficient evidence to call top court a people’s forum
Is the Supreme Court a “people’s court”
12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM
Book Review | A post-colonial Karachi kitchen’s lingering scents and memories
Edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley and Tarana Husain Khan
12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM
Three translations, two debuts on JCB shortlist
The winner is set to be announced on November 18.
26 Oct 2023 10:00 PM
Off-the-field gamechangers that defined Indian cricket
Indian cricket of the 1930s was mostly dominated by pace
22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM
Columns
Amid Foreign Policy Successes, China's Assertiveness Remains Conspicuously Absent from Political Discourse
Declining Voter Turnout Reflects Growing Dissatisfaction With Political Establishment
Landmark Supreme Court judgments on Hindutva, communal rhetoric, and electoral politics
Drawing parallels between Mao Zedong's legacy and contemporary political dynamics in India.