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Page 134 - Book Reviews

Russian women in World War II

Roughly a million Soviet women fought in World War II

Russian women in World War II
Updated On : 29 Jul 2017 | 4:25 AM IST

Arundhati's new novel lays India bare, unveiling worlds within our world

Roy holds it all together, clumsily yet passionately, leaving no one and nothing out

Arundhati's new novel lays India bare, unveiling worlds within our world
Updated On : 28 Jul 2017 | 8:34 AM IST

Naomi Klein redux

The book review of 'No is Not Enough'

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Updated On : 27 Jul 2017 | 11:09 PM IST

India's precarious internal security

This book should be compulsory reading for every Indian politician and bureaucrat

India's precarious internal security
Updated On : 26 Jul 2017 | 11:54 PM IST

The 'other' view of sociology

Book review of 'QED: India Tests Social Theory'

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Updated On : 24 Jul 2017 | 11:00 PM IST

Lives among the ruins

Books review of 'We crossed a bridge and it trembled' and The home that was our country'

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Updated On : 24 Jul 2017 | 4:50 AM IST

Upwardly mobile poverty

Book review of 'Who Me, Poor?'

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Updated On : 20 Jul 2017 | 10:59 PM IST

The unlikely demise of capitalism

Book review of How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a failing system

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Updated On : 20 Jul 2017 | 12:00 AM IST

China, US and manifest destinies

Book review of 'Destined For War: Can America and China Escape the Thucydides Trap?'

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Updated On : 19 Jul 2017 | 4:36 AM IST

13 smart steps to good marks: How to excel exams without stress

There has to be a way to study smart instead of studying hard

13 smart steps to good marks: How to excel exams without stress
Updated On : 18 Jul 2017 | 4:40 PM IST

Of curd rice and 'comfort' writers

Comfort writers are like comfort food and comfort music

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Updated On : 17 Jul 2017 | 11:25 PM IST

America's banker-prosecutor complex

Book review of 'The chickenshit club'

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Updated On : 16 Jul 2017 | 10:49 PM IST

Two views on India's first woman prime minister Indira Gandhi

Sagarika Ghose's 'Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister' has hit the stands

Two views on India's first woman prime minister Indira Gandhi
Updated On : 14 Jul 2017 | 11:28 PM IST

A McCormack kunji

Beyond Harvard is formatted not for linear reading but for dipping and flipping, a management kunji

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Updated On : 14 Jul 2017 | 12:08 AM IST

A few bright sparks

Book review of 'Spark: The Insight to Growing Brands'

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Updated On : 11 Jul 2017 | 10:41 PM IST

Islam & the misguided liberal

Book review of 'The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State'

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Updated On : 10 Jul 2017 | 11:21 PM IST

Affluent idlers find a just cause

Book review of 'Beautiful Animals'

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Updated On : 09 Jul 2017 | 11:10 PM IST

Wendy Doniger and the mythology of the ring

Doniger offers fascinating insight into complex relationship between genders down the ages

Wendy Doniger and the mythology of the ring
Updated On : 08 Jul 2017 | 12:33 AM IST

Your literary idols and their wardrobes

When she was at Radcliffe, Gertrude Stein always wore black and refused to wear a corset

Your literary idols and their wardrobes
Updated On : 08 Jul 2017 | 12:00 AM IST

The race for the Final Frontier

Book review of 'How to Make a Spaceship'

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Updated On : 06 Jul 2017 | 11:17 PM IST