Book Reviews

The author recalls how he and other crew members survived 331 days with Somali pirates

Setting up a narrative through facts and figures, the author gets to the heart of a story

The author examines the steady growth in the power and influence of the Prime Minister’s Office since Independence

The book is an enthralling account and a treasure trove of information on seminal events in India’s history

‘AMU: Institution of Learning or Identity’ is a significant and timely narrative of a complex institution that has its tentacles in colonial modernity

Cheteshwar Pujara's wife pens a memoir

By the time he was in tenth grade, Rohit was bossing schools’ cricket. People were slowly beginning to take notice of his prodigious talent

Read excerpts from ‘1945: The Reckoning — War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World’ by Phil Craig

Nominated in ‘General Nonfiction’ category, it lost to Benjamin Nathans’ ‘To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement’

This is a universal story about reclaiming voice and identity

The book explores the intricate workings of a mind consumed by dread, creating its own traps and treacherous pathways

You remember Keshava Guha’s second novel only from the end since time starts to move backwards

The American traveller and writer was the first woman to become a member of the Himalayan Club. On her journey in Ladakh, she was joined by her friends Sandy and Margot

Excerpted from ‘Ghosts, Supernatural and Tales of the Uncanny’

Inquilab: A Novel by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas tells the story of India’s struggle for Independence and its micro reflection in the lives of ordinary people

A new book authored by Vasudha Rai, a beauty and wellness expert, explores the mysticism, science, recipes and rituals around some 50 plant species that are used in worship

The meeting is a reminder us that cultures of Punjab have always been profoundly cosmopolitan

The art critic revisits essays, interviews and curatorial texts written by her over the last two decades

This is an educative book about two important planetary crises: the decline and extinction of species, and climate change

The author pens memories of growing up in Jamnagar