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Book Review | Quasi-autobiographical & sanitised trip back to 1980s’...

There’s a disquieting view of the country’s education system, as Yuri discovers in preparing for the tuitions that...

20 Nov 2022 1:21 AM IST

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Book Review | Missed chance to bring nuance to the conversation on...

This is a book for our times. It principally seeks to present ideas around the notions of citizenship and identity, in...

9 Oct 2022 1:22 AM IST

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Book Review | An unconventional debut that still misses the plot

Anupama Raju’s debut novel, C, is a dreamy amalgamation of poetry and prose, a lyrical tour de force that quivers...

9 Oct 2022 1:16 AM IST

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Book Review | Crime pays for this British-Indian author

As names go, Vinquita Romaine is difficult to pin down geographically. In point of fact this exotic nom de plume belongs...

9 Oct 2022 1:09 AM IST

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Book Review | Grief in verse, portrayed arrestingly

“Please take me out to a field at dawn, give me a last cigarette, blindfold me, and dispatch me with a merciful...

2 Oct 2022 1:16 AM IST

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Book Review | Rowling’s edgy whodunit isn’t all that controversial

Warning: this may upset some people I first read a review of Robert Galbraith’s latest offering, The Ink Black...

2 Oct 2022 1:05 AM IST

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Book Review | Man of contradictions who galvanised Hindi literature

The title aptly encapsulates the mindscape as well as the various milestones that mark the journey of a man who...

25 Sept 2022 1:55 AM IST

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Book Review | The cobbler’s contribution

Despite having a profusion of excellent photographs of embroideries, The Shoemaker’s Stitch is not just a...

25 Sept 2022 1:38 AM IST

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Book Review | Sanjeev Kumar’s life ably reconstructed

Every generation needs or rather has its own heroes. However thespian someone might be, her or his footprints are...

18 Sept 2022 1:30 AM IST

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Book Review | The success and sacrifice of India’s last political...

It will be tempting for many to read this biography of George Fernandes without noticing the author’s caveats...

18 Sept 2022 1:23 AM IST

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Book Review | A cleverly wound string of quirky-witty mindbenders

It’s quirky, but then, speculative fiction, or spec-fic, tends to be so: it’s in the nature of the beast....

4 Sept 2022 2:55 AM IST

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Book Review | Love, and the dilemmas of devadasi life

The novel is exquisitely multi-layered in its themes — devadasi, freedom, love, patriarchy, women —peeling...

4 Sept 2022 2:46 AM IST