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Book Review | With Assam’s Machal Lalung, ‘Stalled Wheels of Justice’ spotlights judicial inadequacies

Book Review | With Assam’s Machal Lalung, ‘Stalled Wheels of Justice’...

Guwahati: Assam’s Machal Lalung, who had been an undertrial for 54 years, leads cases of ‘justice delayed, justice...

1 Jun 2024 3:20 PM IST

Masterstrokes of a literary genius

Masterstrokes of a literary genius

Two artists who were former lovers reunite accidentally after years during the pandemic under different circumstances to...

29 May 2024 12:10 AM 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 | Fashionista-influencer discovers Goa’s susegad

Book Review | Fashionista-influencer discovers Goa’s susegad

For a book that turned out to be quite a mood lifter, Bina Nayak’s Goagr@m engendered a huge amount of angst in my...

27 April 2024 1:18 PM IST

Book Review | PVG – A true socialist with ‘rich’ thoughts

Book Review | PVG – A true socialist with ‘rich’ thoughts

May 1, 2024 marks the birth centenary of the last crown prince of Vizianagaram, Maharaja Pusapati Vijayram Gajapati Raju

26 April 2024 9:37 PM IST

Book Review | Manifesto of Indian citizen shows constant vigil must for democracy

Book Review | Manifesto of Indian citizen shows constant vigil must...

Audacious Hope has an intriguing format. Rather than tell you anything new, it recasts events, past and present, in...

20 April 2024 12:51 PM IST

Fit In, Stand Out, Walk: Stories from a Pushed Away Hill – Embracing life as a purposeful journey

Fit In, Stand Out, Walk: Stories from a Pushed Away Hill – Embracing...

The book deals with social and personal realities of abandonment, adoption, bisexuality, narcissism, depression,...

9 April 2024 9:48 PM IST

Book Review | Nayanima’s testimony of Kabul’s fall has a few what-ifs, some caveats

Book Review | Nayanima’s testimony of Kabul’s fall has a few what-ifs,...

On August 13, 2021, two days before Kabul fell to the Taliban, journalist Nayanima Basu who was reporting from ground...

30 March 2024 11:40 PM IST

Book Review | Nature the teacher in land of renunciation

Book Review | Nature the teacher in land of renunciation

The slim book, ideal for a wet weekend with a hot cup of masala chai, snuggled up in a daybed at the bay window...

30 March 2024 11:40 PM IST

Book Excerpt | How Telugu films celebrate folk heroes and NTR created Bobbili sub-genre

Book Excerpt | How Telugu films celebrate folk heroes and NTR created...

Fairly or unfairly, the benefits of folk tales and culture have accrued to Telugu heroes. They have garnered applause;...

30 March 2024 11:40 PM IST

The Perfume Project By Divrina Dhingra. (Image: DC)

Book Review | An obtrusive storyteller's fascinating project

A series of Indian scents takes the reader on a journey far and wide

7 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Traitors Gate By Jeffrey Archer. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Old-fashioned heist thriller goes down to the wire

Can the thieves get the better of the police or will the police force outsmart them?

7 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST