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Cover Image of the book Why They Killed Gandhi by Ashok Kumar Pandey.

Book Review | Clear-eyed perspective on Mahatmaâ€™s assassination

The first thing that strikes you about this book is its no-nonsense writing

27 Feb 2022 2:45 AM IST

Cover image of the book Afghanistan: The New Great Game Edited by Alok Bansal. (Twitter)

Book Review | Whoâ€™s who in the New Great Game that has started in...

The US abandoning Afghanistan to let it fall to the Taliban is one of the greatest catastrophes of the 21st century

20 Feb 2022 3:45 AM IST

Cover image of the book The Rossogolla Murders by Debeshi Gooptu. (Twitter)

Book Review | Murders, served with dollops of laughter

Dolly is suspected of one of the murders and it is up to Mini to don the sleuthâ€™s hat and clear her friendâ€™s name

20 Feb 2022 3:30 AM IST

Cover image of the book Cat People Edited by Devapriya Roy. (Twitte)

Book Review | Feline mystique! How one cat can change your world

Itâ€™s a collection of essays and fictions by cat lovers

20 Feb 2022 2:02 AM IST

Cover Image of the book The Muslim Vanishes: A Play by Saeed Naqvi. (By arrangement)

Book Review | Take the Muslim out of India and whatâ€™s left is this...

Only a comprehensive, all-encompassing dialogue can resolve this situation and that is best-presented in a fast-paced...

13 Feb 2022 2:44 AM IST

Cover Image of the book Two and a Half Rivers by Anirudh Kala.

Book Review | Brevity and black humour soul of poignant tale set in...

That said, the state of Punjab as a whole, has been witness to a lot of violence, and change

13 Feb 2022 1:51 AM IST

Cover Image of the book Stolen Focus by Johann Hari.

Book Review | Attention! Big Tech is conspiring to purloin it and make...

One of the features that makes the book valuable is that it has been exhaustively and excellently researched

13 Feb 2022 1:34 AM IST

Cover Image of the book The Tombstone in my Garde by Temsula Ao.

Book Review | Fiction from Nagaland that is spare, elegant and...

The story is as disturbing as the schisms in Naga society

6 Feb 2022 2:57 AM IST

Cover Image of the book The Rise of the BJP: The Making of the Worlds Largest Political Party by Bhupender Yadav and Ila Patnaik.

Book Review | Visceral leadership: A racy, insightful biography of BJP

The authors have resisted the temptation to delve into any single personality, historic incident or theory at too much...

6 Feb 2022 2:47 AM IST

Cover image of the book Meerans Stories writter by Thoppil Mohamed Meeran, translated by Prabha Sridevan.

Book Review | Meeranâ€™s stories are the tales of a forgotten people

Written originally in Tamil, the Sahitya Akademi Award winner, Meeranâ€™s Stories are translated into English by Prabha...

6 Feb 2022 1:14 AM IST

Bengal and Its Partition: An Untold Story By Bhaswati Mukherjee. (Amazon)

Book Review | The many unknown acts of the great Bengal tragedy

Mughals grabbed resources and richer land in the form of eastern Bengal and converted its residents into their own faith

29 Jan 2022 6:45 PM IST

The Happiness Trail A Road Map to Success By Ramesh Venkateswaran. (Amazon)

Book Review | For young souls trapped on the hedonic treadmill

At the outset, Ramesh tells us that his book is not prescriptive or preachy nor is it a compass with a clear direction

29 Jan 2022 6:35 PM IST