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Book Review | When Oman ruled Indian Ocean and how Dar es Salaam copied BombayLifestyle
Book Review | When Oman ruled Indian Ocean and how Dar es Salaam...

Buy silver and cover it with gold,” goes an Omani saying. I realised the essence of it only when I landed at the...

16 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Book Review | T.N. Seshan enforced the rulebook, gave EC its formidable reputationLifestyle
Book Review | T.N. Seshan enforced the rulebook, gave EC its...

For about five years, from 1990 to 1995, T.N. Seshan as the chief election commissioner was the much loved middle class...

9 July 2023 12:19 AM IST

Book Review | What pooped on my step and other whodunitsLifestyle
Book Review | What pooped on my step and other whodunits

The slim book is a whodunnit for children (and adults who are children) and the title is sure to catch their attention,...

9 July 2023 12:13 AM IST

Book Review | American slams J&K policy but doesnt factor Islamist militancyLifestyle
Book Review | American slams J&K policy but doesn't factor Islamist...

Between 2006 and 2008, a young American, David Lepeska, found himself in Kashmir where he ultimately secured a job as...

9 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Book Review | Sketch of two charismatic PMs whose errors cost India dearlyLifestyle
Book Review | Sketch of two charismatic PMs whose errors cost India...

Centres of Power is a book by veteran diplomat Chinmaya R. Gharekhan (IFS: 1958). He constructs it around his two...

25 Jun 2023 12:48 AM IST

Book Review | Rural India gets ready for a feminist rompLifestyle
Book Review | Rural India gets ready for a feminist romp

This is a not-so-grim fairytale about the problems women face in rural India. As we all know, it’s bad enough to...

25 Jun 2023 12:44 AM IST

Book Review | The pioneering and pivotal thought of AnaximanderLifestyle
Book Review | The pioneering and pivotal thought of Anaximander

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who specialises in quantum gravity. The range of his published works includes...

18 Jun 2023 12:08 AM IST

Book Review | Elephant fable packs an environment messageLifestyle
Book Review | Elephant fable packs an environment message

Elephantam Misophantam was written in Malayalam by Vinoy Thomas; he is the recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award...

18 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

Book Review | Vintage Atwood in 7 elegant sketches of family, loss!Lifestyle
Book Review | Vintage Atwood in 7 elegant sketches of family, loss!

The appearance of a new Margaret Atwood book is now a global publishing phenomenon. And why not? Atwood, who has won the...

18 Jun 2023 12:02 AM IST

Penguin to Release Leading Historian Joya Chatterjis SHADOWS AT NOONLifestyle
Penguin to Release Leading Historian Joya Chatterji's SHADOWS AT NOON

Shadows at Noon is an ambitious synthesis of decades of research and scholarship which explores the key strands of South...

15 Jun 2023 9:28 PM IST

Book Review | Vajpayee never a liberal but Hindu Rights first spin doctorOpinion
Book Review | Vajpayee never a liberal but Hindu Right's first spin...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee has remained a puzzle in his politics and in his personal life. And it led to the popular myth...

11 Jun 2023 12:25 AM IST

Book Review | Illness as a metaphor for the Indian conditionOpinion
Book Review | Illness as a metaphor for the Indian condition

The book is a laudable attempt to bring stories dealing with illnesses, cures, patients, attendants, doctors, vaids,...

11 Jun 2023 12:21 AM IST

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