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Book Review | Lockdown and the homemaker blues

Book Review | Lockdown and the homemaker blues

About six years ago, I read a book that I thought was brilliant — till the last 50 odd pages. The end was so...

11 Jun 2023 12:13 AM IST

Book Review | A refreshingly original fiction on power of ragas

Book Review | A refreshingly original fiction on power of ragas

Very few performing musicians have ventured into the writing space, and that too, fiction. Dharwad based Pravin...

4 Jun 2023 12:39 AM IST

Book Review | The Guantanamo trauma and Abu Zubaydahs unbearable secrets

Book Review | The Guantanamo trauma and Abu Zubaydah's unbearable...

On March 28, 2002, the CIA, with the help of Pakistani intelligence officers, raided a house in Faisalabad suspected of...

4 Jun 2023 12:26 AM IST

Book Review | So many reasons to love these proud women of Jasmine Villa...

Book Review | So many reasons to love these proud women of Jasmine...

One Way to Love is the first book in Andaleeb Wajid’s Jasmine Villa series. Twenty three-year-old Tehzeeb Hasan...

28 May 2023 12:53 AM IST

Book Review | Talking Indo-Pak peace on the back channel with open eyes

Book Review | Talking Indo-Pak peace on the back channel with open...

On the complex and important subject of India’s relations with Pakistan — and the critical issues that go...

28 May 2023 12:47 AM IST

Book Review | Krishnagopal Mallick, an unsung literary pioneer

Book Review | Krishnagopal Mallick, an unsung literary pioneer

In the world of mainstream media and publishing, Krishnagopal Mallick is a rare find. In the 1980s, this now-deceased,...

28 May 2023 12:35 AM IST

Book Review | Trumps strong right arm packed a punch when it came to China

Book Review | Trump's strong right arm packed a punch when it came to...

Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo remains a controversial figure in the United States. A highly conservative...

21 May 2023 12:35 AM IST

Book Review | A forester pens an extraordinary memoir!

Book Review | A forester pens an extraordinary memoir!

For a wildlife buff a ‘forester’s diary’ will always hold fascination — giving one an...

21 May 2023 12:29 AM IST

Book Review | Poignant trip across friendships, philosophies and ties that bind...

Book Review | Poignant trip across friendships, philosophies and ties...

Quirky and lilting, suffused with gentle sadness and questions about the world, this first novel is at once...

21 May 2023 12:20 AM IST

Book Review | Stoically observing the faults and follies of Indias first Teflon PM

Book Review | Stoically observing the faults and follies of India's...

Though no editor or columnist dare say it, it is a fact that Mr Narendra Modi is India’s first Teflon Prime...

14 May 2023 12:22 AM IST

Book Review | A sex workers son navigates his dilemmas in this compelling debut

Book Review | A sex worker's son navigates his dilemmas in this...

The title reminds you of Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native, and Faraz Ali is indeed a native who briefly...

14 May 2023 12:18 AM IST

Book Review | Kolkata ex-cop in Brick Lane finds redemption

Book Review | Kolkata ex-cop in Brick Lane finds redemption

Kamil Rahman is a disgraced former detective from Kolkata’s police headquarters, Lalbazar. With his career in...

14 May 2023 12:15 AM IST