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Has the IAS failed the nation? D. Subbarao shares his views

Has the IAS failed the nation? D. Subbarao shares his views

Can anyone compress a whole lifetime, especially a busy and eventful one, into a single book? Not really. But former...

18 May 2024 2:12 PM IST

Book Review | Brilliance, empathy, simplicity qualities that define Subbarao

Book Review | Brilliance, empathy, simplicity qualities that define...

Subbarao, Subba as we call him, is my IAS batchmate. I still recall vividly the first time I met him on that mid-July...

18 May 2024 2:06 PM IST

Citizenship not emotive but must be bedrock of national identity

Citizenship not emotive but must be bedrock of national identity

Anglo-Saxon is a hyphenated word, reflecting the fact that the Kingdom of England emerged out of a melting pot of...

18 May 2024 11:41 AM IST

Book Review | If cooks could kill: The enigma of the ugly femme fatale

Book Review | If cooks could kill: The enigma of the ugly femme fatale

Gourmet cook and romancer of lonely old men, Manako Kajii, is convicted and locked in Tokyo Detention House on...

18 May 2024 11:01 AM IST

Book Review | Magical and unfinished, ‘lost’ novel leaves mysteries unsolved

Book Review | Magical and unfinished, ‘lost’ novel leaves mysteries...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the world’s greatest story tellers, died in 2014. Ten years after his death his children...

12 May 2024 12:56 PM IST

Book Review | Tale of two (or more) Delhis cinematic, but inexact

Book Review | Tale of two (or more) Delhis cinematic, but inexact

To bring to life this city as an experience is, perhaps, what Aishwarya Jha attempted to do, within the narrative she...

12 May 2024 12:50 PM IST

Book Review | Rao unshackled the elephant, reforms took on human face

Book Review | Rao unshackled the elephant, reforms took on human face

Those were anxious, tumultuous days. The last decade of the twentieth century was ushering in great changes in the...

12 May 2024 12:46 PM IST

Book Review | A Candid Memoir: Duvvuri Subbaraos Journey from IAS to RBI Governor

Book Review | A Candid Memoir: Duvvuri Subbarao's Journey from IAS to...

Subbarao, Subba as we call him, is my IAS batchmate. I still recall vividly the first time I met him on that mid-July...

7 May 2024 10:22 PM IST

Book Review | Covid patient muses about state of the nation

Book Review | Covid patient muses about state of the nation

In the intensive care unit of the hospital, the professor has a senior nurse, Shiny, to look after him. She has her own...

4 May 2024 12:10 PM IST

Book Review | Woman-led juicy whodunit packs a bionic punch

Book Review | Woman-led juicy whodunit packs a bionic punch

There are four simple knock-out tests for whodunits: Does it make you wait till the very end to discover who did it? Can...

4 May 2024 11:31 AM IST

Book Review | Knife-edge of an artist’s vision cuts through fear and loathing

Book Review | Knife-edge of an artist’s vision cuts through fear and...

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder is not only Rushdie’s account of that violent act — it is also his way of...

4 May 2024 11:25 AM IST

Hyderabad to Host World Literature Event, Focusing on Work from Latin America

Hyderabad to Host World Literature Event, Focusing on Work from Latin...

Hyderabad: The fourth edition of the World Literature Workshop, dedicated to aficionados of Latin American literature,...

4 May 2024 1:36 AM IST