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Book Review | Lurid and bloated historical epic does not stand test of...

Each of the four volumes of Sivakami’s Vow deserves an independent review because each tells a story of its own...

6 Aug 2023 12:02 AM IST

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Booker Dozen Announced

Over 13 books were chosen in the longlist announced by the Booker Prize authorities. The Booker Dozen was announced on...

1 Aug 2023 3:38 PM IST

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Book Review | A literary thriller parsing corruption and class

The opening of Deepti Kapoor’s Age of Vice is written as dispassionately as a news report. It tells the...

30 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

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Book Review | In defence of living things, big and small

As far as literary style goes, this Hindi-language novella follows the tradition of Indian language realist fiction of...

30 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

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Book Review | What we don't talk about when we talk about China

“Shibao looked closely at these people and they all had faces black as coal. They were wearing a piece of red...

30 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Book on Birds titled Birds and Beliefs' launched

HYDERABAD: Dr Asad Rahmani, renowned ornithologist, and conservationist, said that 192 out of the 1,370 bird species...

29 July 2023 3:22 AM IST

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Himmat Shah's Pandemic Drawings

Before the pandemic, Himmat Shah was working at a foundry located 20 kilometres from his house in Jaipur. When the...

26 July 2023 9:10 PM IST

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When Nature, Culture and Man play the muse

“The Sands of Time II” sculpture exhibition delves into the fluidity of time, drawing inspiration from both...

26 July 2023 8:45 PM IST

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Book Review | Politician's debut flags caste in Sikh diaspora

The Canadian Liberal Party politician-turned-author Ujjal Dosanjh’s debut novel, The Past is Never Dead (Speaking...

23 July 2023 12:16 AM IST

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Book Review | Even nostalgia has its limits in this science fantasy on...

An unnamed narrator speaks about Gaustine, an old friend he first met at a literary seminar. Gaustine is a geriatric...

23 July 2023 12:12 AM IST

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Book Review | How to rehumanise the workplace in the era of cyborgs

The central concern of the authors is how to retain human-centric workplaces in the face of the expected tech onslaught...

23 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Book Review | We Could Be So Good: A Swoonworthy Gay Romance Story

Being gay in the 1950s was still an illegal and criminal offense in many parts of the world. You could languish in jail...

18 July 2023 11:25 PM IST