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Book Review | A Civil Servant’s World of Toons

Book Review | A Civil Servant’s World of Toons

It’s not easy being a bureaucrat and cartoonist at the same time, especially with the restrictions of the all-pervasive...

28 Feb 2026 11:26 AM IST

Book Review | The True Desperation of Odisha’s Dalit Lives

Book Review | The True Desperation of Odisha’s Dalit Lives

All in all, it’s a disturbing, provocative read, but the translation lets the story down occasionally

10 Jan 2026 12:13 PM IST

Book Review | An Account of Life in the Hills of Ranikhet

Book Review | An Account of Life in the Hills of Ranikhet

Anuradha Roy’s first non-fiction work – an account of life in the hills of Ranikhet – blends memoir and nature-writing...

27 Dec 2025 12:53 PM IST

Book Review | Eighteen Flavours Of Bombay

Book Review | Eighteen Flavours Of Bombay

Her parents, with the family due to shift to Goa, lie about why she’s shifting from her present school.

21 Dec 2025 1:05 AM IST

Book Review | Parama Aparna: The Cine-Lover’s Journey With Rinadi

Book Review | Parama Aparna: The Cine-Lover’s Journey With Rinadi

By then I knew that she acted with Utpal Dutt, The Man Who Was Next-to-God in theatre

21 Dec 2025 12:58 AM IST

Book Review | A Quintet Of Successful Endings

Book Review | A Quintet Of Successful Endings

In truth, death pervades Eleventh Hour.

21 Dec 2025 12:53 AM IST

Book Review | Snake Mythologies from Around the World

Book Review | Snake Mythologies from Around the World

The book is a formidable exploration of the practice of ophiolatry (the worship of serpents), myths and symbols ranging...

13 Sept 2025 1:31 PM IST

Book Review | Rethink Men’s Roles at Home

Book Review | Rethink Men’s Roles at Home

Pandey's approach is multi-dimensional. He lists up nonchalantly the ‘things’ that men did and did not ‘touch

26 July 2025 2:01 PM IST

Viksit Bharat 2047: A Vision for India’s Journey to a $30 Trillion Economy

Viksit Bharat 2047: A Vision for India’s Journey to a $30 Trillion...

In conversation with Aditya Pittie on the release of his recent book Viksit Bharat: India @2047

19 July 2025 10:19 AM IST

Bossy girl, innocent boy ride Luna off to sunset

Bossy girl, innocent boy ride Luna off to sunset

The language is simple, the narration cinematic, the translation competent, and if you follow along with your critical...

23 March 2025 9:24 AM IST

Book Review l Life of the mind, Ajita and Ajivikas

Book Review l Life of the mind, Ajita and Ajivikas

It is a skillful reconstruction of the lost legacy of the fifth century atheist thinker, Ajita.

23 March 2025 9:15 AM IST

Book Review | Soumitra: Many worlds of one life

Book Review | Soumitra: Many worlds of one life

A word about Sharmila Tagore’s Foreword. It is warm, genuine, heartfelt. Much like the biography.

23 March 2025 8:51 AM IST