Book Excerpt: How life for women in a small neighbourhood in Bangalore revolves around water running in public taps
03 Jul 2025
Book Excerpt: How life for women in a small neighbourhood in Bangalore revolves around water running in public taps
The book presents Kipling’s eponymous teenager as a grown-up man in his sixties, who has become a celebrated name in the world of colonial spying
The book is a thought-provoking and highly nuanced exploration of the many shades of failure
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The author shares her journey from pain and grief to faith and gratitude, with a simplicity that is reflective of her courage
The author explores the Hindu concept of Shiva-Shakti, or Purusha-Prakriti
Based on his personal notes, the book has been published more than four decades after the demise of Gen Shrinagesh
The book reflects the melting pot that Bengaluru has become
The book conjures up the image of two tramps/troubadours going on their personal journeys while being deeply connected
The novel unfolds through the voices of women
The author offers an elaborate explanation of Shastri’s commitment to morality in public life
The book is amazing for the range of languages it traces over a vast span of more than 6,000 years
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The former RAW chief brings out Farooq Abdullah’s finest qualities as a man who would “not keep carrying a grudge” and who “never believed in closing a door”
The movement deserves renewed attention, and this book is a worthy spark
The book is partly autobiographical, partly a chronicle of the times, and partly a collection of his own subjective observations on the world he watched and has lived in
This book is a collection of four novellas, each offering a distinctive flavour in terms of its tone, tenor and texture
Three books show how unity in diversity fuelled the spirit of Independence, dispelled hate
Character-driven and yet philosophically rich, this novel is set in the world of the female collective unconscious
Despite the undoubted wealth of material and density of research, some key gaps persist
The stories trace the landscape of a middle class which has withered away from the collective memory
A reflection of Punjab’s fluid sacred spaces, these institutions enable community connect and a sense of belonging, and are thus a unique example of social capital — trust within communities.
The book captures the Indian judicial system at the district level most illustratively
‘Shooting Straight’ maps the life and career of a General without being a hagiography
The author brings out the emerging contradictions between the farmers and the government along with private companies