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Book Review: Half Girlfriend is half inane, half caricature
A review of Chetan Bhagat's latest novel
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The contradictory Hindustani
Iqbal's contradictions and complications make him very human and interesting. Still, few in India have bothered to explore his life, work and philosophy, perhaps because he believed in the "two-nation
Two puppets and a marionette
In Nehru and Bose, Rudrangshu Mukherjee points out that both were manipulated by Gandhiji who preferred Nehru. The difference, he says, is that while Nehru (always) gave in, Bose did not
Naseeruddin Shah: the actor in my head
Like his breathtaking performances, Naseeruddin Shah's entertaining memoir leaves a lasting impression on the reader
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Utopia, out of office
What God's Own Office advocates - work from home - is already the emerging reality around us, as technology enables a new economy to take shape
Book Review: Final Test-Exit Sachin Tendulkar
Dilip D'Souza's book on Sachin Tendulkar's final Test match is an erudite writer's assessment of a mad moment in Indian cricket's history
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Red son rising
Kanu Sanyal never publicly spoke out against Charu Mazumdar while the latter was still alive - an omission, The First Naxal points< out, that Sanyal regretted
Susmit Sen's discordant chronicles
The founder of one of the country's most popular rock bands has written a memoir about his eventual alienation from it, instead of chronicling one of the most exciting periods in Indian rock history
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Kathmandu, between tradition and modernity
Kathmandu is 'like the puzzle an archaeologist would face who, after discovering an ancient burial, digs beneath it to uncover a beer bottle and a typewriter'