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Page 88 - Book Review

SATC gets a MAM makeover

The narrator of this 'novel' is transparently a fictional avatar of Candace Bushnell herself

SATC gets a MAM makeover
Updated On : 27 Sep 2019 | 10:53 PM IST

A book traces the history of Christianity in India through its churches

Book review of Joanne Taylor's 'The Churches Of India'

A book traces the history of Christianity in India through its churches
Updated On : 27 Sep 2019 | 10:44 PM IST

Splitting hairs over racism

The book has won praise on both sides of the Atlantic for challenging some of our commonly accepted everyday assumptions about racism

Splitting hairs over racism
Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 12:45 AM IST

A ready reckoner of Modi's India 1.0

Book review of Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India

A ready reckoner of Modi's India 1.0
Updated On : 24 Sep 2019 | 12:03 AM IST

The IAS de-constructed

Book review of Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Bureaucracy But Were Afraid To Ask

The IAS de-constructed
Updated On : 20 Sep 2019 | 1:14 AM IST

Economists: Masters of the universe

Book review of The Economists' Hour: How the False Prophets of Free Markets Fractured Our Society

Economists: Masters of the universe
Updated On : 18 Sep 2019 | 11:05 PM IST

The justice puzzle

R Gopalakrishnanmakes a devastating point: India doesn't really care about justice for the citizen

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Updated On : 17 Sep 2019 | 2:17 AM IST

Ghazal & friendship

The decision to include an entire section of Urdu poems translated into English is also, in fact, a political move

Ghazal & friendship
Updated On : 13 Sep 2019 | 10:07 PM IST

Book review: William Dalrymple's The Anarchy is a thoroughly enjoyable read

Historians may find gaps in it, but William Dalrymple's ambitious history of the East India Company is worth investing in, finds Omkar Goswami

Book review: William Dalrymple's The Anarchy is a thoroughly enjoyable read
Updated On : 13 Sep 2019 | 10:01 PM IST

Symptoms of success

Soma Das has been able to capture brilliantly the essence of Dilip Shanghvi through countless stories

Symptoms of success
Updated On : 13 Sep 2019 | 12:50 AM IST

His-Story of India

The Rise of Goliath is one of the rare books that keeps one engrossed, despite not being flamboyant and having the flourish of narration

His-Story of India
Updated On : 11 Sep 2019 | 11:32 PM IST

Learning from start-up failure

In Sidharth Rao's How I Almost Blew It, besides the stories of the entrepreneurs, what keeps the reader engaged is the writer's observations on the start-up world

Learning from start-up failure
Updated On : 10 Sep 2019 | 12:28 AM IST

Malcom Gladwell's latest theory

Talking to Strangers might be classic Gladwell, but it comes across as jarringly incongruous

Malcom Gladwell's latest theory
Updated On : 09 Sep 2019 | 2:01 AM IST

Book review: Facets of religious tolerance ignored by identity-led discord

Arvind Sharma peels off the complex nature of religious tolerance and burrows into areas that often get overlooked when examined through a political or identity-led discourse, says Arundhuti Dasgupta

Book review: Facets of religious tolerance ignored by identity-led discord
Updated On : 06 Sep 2019 | 9:26 PM IST

Okus-Bokus: A book that tells English alphabet through Kashmiri words

Okus-Bokus is selling over koshurwear.com without a formal launch

Okus-Bokus: A book that tells English alphabet through Kashmiri words
Updated On : 06 Sep 2019 | 9:24 PM IST

Dalits' Harlem moment

Mr Yengde proceeds to reveal the deep-rooted and intricate nature of casteism prevalent in society through a mixture of personal recollections and erudite academic work

Dalits' Harlem moment
Updated On : 06 Sep 2019 | 1:26 AM IST

Of Nair, Dyer, O'Dwyer and Empire

Mr Palat describes the prejudices of the British judiciary and the trial impeccably, but he stumbles in his conclusions

Of Nair, Dyer, O'Dwyer and Empire
Updated On : 04 Sep 2019 | 10:36 PM IST

Hindutva's multifaceted founder

Mr Purandare's book is a scrupulous effort to portray the multi-dimensional personality of one of India's more colourfully controversial leaders- Veer Savarkar

Hindutva's multifaceted founder
Updated On : 04 Sep 2019 | 12:37 AM IST

Call of the wild

More than anything, TR Shankar Raman ties ecological loss to the everyday

Call of the wild
Updated On : 02 Sep 2019 | 11:02 PM IST

'Quichotte' is Salman Rushdie's latest. But the act is getting old

That famous style has congealed in recent years; the flamboyance that once felt so free now seems strenuous and grating

'Quichotte' is Salman Rushdie's latest. But the act is getting old
Updated On : 01 Sep 2019 | 10:29 AM IST