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Cover photo of Another Sort of Freedom: A Memoir by Gurcharan Das. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | A memoir, journal or laundry list? Or man gargling in...

Gurcharan Das started out life as Ashok Kumar. His parents belonged to the Radha Soami sect. A “saint” at...

18 Nov 2023 11:23 PM IST

Cover photo Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | Women in WW2 prison camp stick by one another

If I were to describe ‘Sisters under the Rising Sun,’ by Heather Morris, I would use the words: sisterhood,...

18 Nov 2023 11:20 PM IST

Cover photo of Western Lane by Chetna Maroo. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | Brilliant debut on precocious girl consumed by squash

A Gujarati housewife, Charu, dies in the course of a warm London summer. She leaves behind her husband, Pa, an...

18 Nov 2023 11:18 PM IST

Cover photo of The Taliban and I. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Excerpt | An Indian woman's first encounter with the Taliban

I don’t know what I should do. There’s no doubt that I could be the lamb set up for slaughter. You never...

18 Nov 2023 11:16 PM IST

Perumal Murugan. (Image by Arrangement)

Perumal Murugan's Firebird wins JCB Literature Prize!

Firebird by Perumal Murugan has won the 2023 edition of the prestigious JCB Prize for Literature. The award consists of...

18 Nov 2023 11:13 PM IST

I have a lot of works from internationally-established artists, and have had the pleasure and luxury to visit a lot of exhibitions and fairs abroad. But what I have come to realise is that in our desire to seek art out of the West, we fail to perhaps properly appreciate what is here back at home. (Image: DC)

Through a collector's eye: A realised dream

A budding art collector and influential voice on the national art scene

17 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

In My Life in Design, Gauri charts out her journey as a designer with pictures of her and her family. Unseen images of Mannat, and the design thought-processes that went into it as well as other key projects are part of the book as well.

An ode to the coffee table book

The beautiful covers promise an exploration of the modern zeitgeist via the lens of bound visual narratives. A...

16 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Common Yet Uncommon: 14 Memorable Stories from Daily Life; Author: Sudha Murty Publisher: Penguin India. (Image: DC)

Priceless Life Lessons From Common Folks

The book is written in simple prose but every common character's life experience in author-philanthropist Sudha Murty's...

15 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Forgotten Foods: Memories and Recipes from Muslim South Asia. (Image: DC)

Book Review | A post-colonial Karachi kitchen's lingering scents and...

Edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley and Tarana Husain Khan

12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Conversations with Aurangzeb By Charu Nivedita. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Aurangzeb's riotous commentary of our times

You read it because you're bored and need amusement

12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Court on Trial By Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry and William H.J. Hubbard. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Insufficient evidence to call top court a people's forum

Is the Supreme Court a â€œpeople's courtâ€

12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

After Messiah By Aakar Patel. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Frothy at first, messy mix of non-fiction and fiction...

Who then will win this battle?

12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST