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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

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Book Review | A family of talented Pahari painters memorialised

The book is not merely about the paintings, (painted between 1800-1825 in Guler, or Kangra) but equally about the text...

29 Jan 2022 6:27 PM IST

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Chronicle of a great river, its peoples, conflicts and myriad stories

Is ‘The Braided River’ a travelogue, a personal pilgrimage, a historical search for origins and beginnings or a...

22 Jan 2022 6:39 PM IST

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A telling account of how real women feel, imperfectly rendered in...

The slim volume is valuable in that it draws readers into the world of Tamil writing of which they would otherwise be...

22 Jan 2022 6:31 PM IST

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A ringside view of how a new nation was born amid flames

It is not always that a journalist gets a chance to be part of history in the making

22 Jan 2022 6:18 PM IST

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Unputdownable political thriller that is funny & all too familiar

Madam Prime Minister is a racy novel with political games, scandals, and a bit of romance thrown in

9 Jan 2022 1:30 AM IST

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Did careless governance plus bad work ethic cause India’s economic...

The opening pages of the book argue that India was always rich. Certainly it was

9 Jan 2022 1:24 AM IST

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Tales of The Lion': How Jaisimha thrilled, spilled and swashbuckled

Our cricketing icons of that period turned out in sparkling whites for India, not for pelf or power but for the sheer...

9 Jan 2022 1:12 AM IST

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Book review | Scholarly tribute to our artisans and their textiles

The section on fashion links the relevance of the hand crafted tradition to environmental concerns and sustainability

2 Jan 2022 11:53 AM IST

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Towards an Indian realism

-'The India way-' is a clarion call to play the game of realpolitik

18 Oct 2020 7:54 PM IST

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Book review: Tracing the rapid rise and speedy fall of Bhutto

Reading this book one cannot help thinking that Bhutto was probably his own worst enemy.

20 May 2018 3:23 AM IST

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You'll come out of it with a dislike for Kejriwal

Such self-awareness is touching but it isn't reflected in the book he has written.

1 April 2018 2:29 AM IST