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Book Review | The Other RK Who Gifted Classics

Book Review | The Other RK Who Gifted Classics

Music, specifically songs, were the most effective marketing tool in the days of radio where, incidentally Raj Khosla...

19 July 2025 12:44 PM IST

Book Review | How Indian State Failed Kashmiris

Book Review | How Indian State Failed Kashmiris

Overall, the discussion in the book is about the failure of the Indian state as a deliberate enterprise, not just on...

12 July 2025 12:53 PM IST

Book Review | Of X-rays, CT & Tragedy at AIIMS

Book Review | Of X-rays, CT & Tragedy at AIIMS

You would not get a better account of the hours that Indira Gandhi’s body remained at AIIMS before it was shifted to...

12 July 2025 12:49 PM IST

Book Review | Story of a Gun and a Boy Forced to Grow Up Quickly

Book Review | Story of a Gun and a Boy Forced to Grow Up Quickly

The narrative is packed with action and keeps the reader engaged. The plot moves through towns, gangs, families,...

12 July 2025 12:44 PM IST

Book Review | Mujib Didn’t Know Foe From Friend

Book Review | Mujib Didn’t Know Foe From Friend

Mujib’s tragic flaw, Ghosh writes, was his inability to distinguish between true comrades and opportunists

6 July 2025 1:01 PM IST

Book Review | When Remembrance Is Both Relief And A Trauma

Book Review | When Remembrance Is Both Relief And A Trauma

Before long, we gather that the police have evidence of her involvement in gory Maoist killings

28 Jun 2025 4:17 PM IST

Book Review | In ‘Songs’ Of City, An Unequal Music

Book Review | In ‘Songs’ Of City, An Unequal Music

Lindsay Pereira’s first two novels were both set in Mumbai, the city where he grew up. His debut novel, Gods and Ends,...

28 Jun 2025 4:05 PM IST

Book Review | Riva Razdan With Her Bold and Emotionally Layered New Novel

Book Review | Riva Razdan With Her Bold and Emotionally Layered New...

The novel is vividly set in post-Covid Mumbai, capturing the city’s elite social scene at places like Neuma and Lakshmi...

26 Jun 2025 3:40 PM IST

Book Review | Novel Questions How Indian Families Are Changing

Book Review | Novel Questions How Indian Families Are Changing

The telling starts with the Saxena father, Brahm, calling a family council. Mrs Saxena is right there, of course, and...

21 Jun 2025 4:13 PM IST

Book Review | What Indira Was Thinking

Book Review | What Indira Was Thinking

Frank pins Indira badges on dhotis, turns C.R. Das into an Allahabad-wallah, delays the Bangladesh war by a decade to...

21 Jun 2025 3:51 PM IST

Book Review | The Importance Of Being Jimmy

Book Review | The Importance Of Being Jimmy

No wonder Amarnath, once completely frustrated at being dropped for the umpteenth time, called the selectors a “bunch of...

21 Jun 2025 3:40 PM IST

Book Review | The Radicalism of Jesus Christ Portrayed Affectingly

Book Review | The Radicalism of Jesus Christ Portrayed Affectingly

Malayalam author Benyamin shot to prominence among English-reading circles when he was awarded the 2014 JCB Prize for...

14 Jun 2025 1:06 PM IST