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Book Excerpt | How Telugu films celebrate folk heroes and NTR created...

Fairly or unfairly, the benefits of folk tales and culture have accrued to Telugu heroes. They have garnered applause;...

30 March 2024 11:40 PM IST

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Book Review | An obtrusive storyteller's fascinating project

A series of Indian scents takes the reader on a journey far and wide

7 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

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Book Review | Old-fashioned heist thriller goes down to the wire

Can the thieves get the better of the police or will the police force outsmart them?

7 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

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A Page-Turner With A Paranormal Twist

An intriguing gothic mystery riddled with crime and curse in which romance, revenge, and danger lurk in every nook and...

3 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

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Book Review | Roman lives curiously radiate that sinking feeling

If you’re a fan of short stories, then you perhaps were blooded on Guy de Maupassant and O. Henry. The deceptive...

17 Dec 2023 2:16 AM IST

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Book Review | Heady Mughal thriller combines intrigue and art

The opening pages of Mansur call to mind Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red, but the similarity disappears very soon....

17 Dec 2023 1:58 AM IST

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Book Excerpt | India's growth story diverges from the pan-Asian...

Asian export-led growth accelerated the typical shift in labour between sectors, but the transformation was similar to...

17 Dec 2023 1:43 AM IST

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Book Review | Spectres and spirits of Bengal past

Sucheta Dasgupta has carefully selected and translated six of Mukhopadhyay's stories in the folk/fairy tale and fantasy...

17 Dec 2023 1:34 AM IST

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Book Review | Of crookedness, conscience and a spoofy tour of Harlem

Carney is determined to beg, steal, or borrow, but none of his friends or old contacts in the criminal world can help

10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Book Review | Ode to Bollywood, memory and the power of cinema

A Bollywood State of Mind is a biography punctuated and headlined, quite literally, by Hindi film

10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

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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

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A Peek Into The Mirror World

This meticulously written book is a must-read for anyone who has been at the receiving end of mistaken identity

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST