The author manages to avoid many of the tropes murder mysteries employ
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The book comprises reflections of 31 people from diverse fields
‘Celebration And Prayer: Life and Light in Raza’s Art’ has been written by Ashok Vajpeyi, the artist’s friend
The decapitation of a young photojournalist, Tanya Singh, during the Hornbill Festival shakes the quiet town of Kohima. Inspector John Angami, a seasoned but disillusioned officer, sets out on a dangerous chase. The investigation takes him into the tumultuous lives...
In ‘Everyday Reading’, author Aakriti Mandhwani examines the reading habits of a newly-Independent India and tries to piece together the concerns of the North Indian Hindi-reading middle classes
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This is an unusual book — 37 poemlets or little verses, which could then even be broken into smaller verses, becoming more poemlets
The book has 11 chapters of conversations with personalities ranging from sports, politics, business and life in general
A no holds barred interview could cost him his friendship, actor John K had never imagined. Riding high on the success of his first major film, he lets his ego get the better of him. The fallout shatters the life...
The book is an attempt to piece together the early rise of the sport in India that mostly flourished due to the love of many individuals
Pioneering Malayalam novelist CV Raman Pillai’s first novel, ‘Marthandavarma’, was published in 1891 to a warm and enthusiastic reception. The novel has remained in print ever since and continues to be enjoyed by readers, beyond Kerala. It tells the story...
The author says public sector privatisation policy, ‘Strategic Disinvestment Policy (SDP) 2021’ is a “watershed moment”
The absorbing accounts of the Europeans based in Calcutta put into shade the cruelness of colonialism
The book manages to pull back the shroud of mystery around a militant organisation with the depth and precision
The novel is a familiar stance in romance
One of the only two women in the history of IIM-Ahmedabad to receive a gold medal, Devina Mehra distills three decades of analysis of the fundamentals of investing for those yet to take the first step into the scene, as...
Eschewing the usual biographical guardrails of timelines, author Rachna Singh narrates the conversations she had with the photographer and her observations and ruminations in 10 chapters
Artworks produced at Nalanda had features of both Mathura and Sarnath with some local touch, Abhay K writes in ‘Nalanda: How It Changed the World’
They’ve run motels in America, fought apartheid in South Africa, sold opium to China and financed the Indian National Army. They are the richest yet their poor clean drains. Hospitable yet calculating, worldly-wise while claiming to be spiritual. They build...
‘The Elephant Book’ by Sowmya Rajendran is a captivating exploration of the profound relationship between humans and elephants
Gyan Chaturvedi’s mastery over absurd situations sets the tone — where was the govt when the Bazaar was taking over everything?
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