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Book review | 'Agnikaal': Different shades of medieval commander Malik Kafur
Atul K Thakur • 2 years agoEvery chapter is a tale of India's persecuted and bruised human consciousness; reading the novel transmits you to those times and exposes you to unsafe lanes of villages and towns of mediaeval India
Book Review | Ram Vilas Paswan: The Weathervane of Indian Politics
Rasheed Kidwai • 2 years agoSobhana K Nair needs to be complimented for recording and producing a definitive biography of a man who was loved, admired, and quoted by Lutyens' Delhi media but virtually elapsed after his death
Book Review | 'God, Guns, and Sedition' talks about outrageous acts of violent American far-right extremism
Jaideep Saikia • 2 years agoThe book provides sage recommendations to stem the nefarious growth of the vicious far-right and address it as a universal terrorist threat
Book review | ‘My Name Is Barbra’ is most candid, honest, and unputdownable of all memoirs
Akhi • 2 years agoAfter dithering for a long time, despite an enviable legendary career as a singer, actor, producer, and director for six decades, Barbra Streisand finally yielded to writing a memoir because she likes facts
Book review | Sakina's Kiss: An engrossing tale of love and betrayal
Ashutosh Kumar Thakur • 2 years agoThe novel boldly underscores the constraints of our understanding, particularly the rigidity of the social system
Book review | 'ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn' is a gripping narrative on unknown stories of insurgent outfits in North East
Atul K Thakur • 2 years agoSenior journalist Rajeev Bhattacharyya’s “ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn” is a treasure trove of exclusive information not only on ULFA but also other insurgent outfits in the North East and their overseas activities about which very little was known earlier
Interview: ‘Another Sort of Freedom’ offers a secular non-transcendental view of moksha, says author Gurcharan Das
Akhi • 2 years ago‘This book ends a quarter-century-long search for a rich, flourishing life based on the classical Indian ideal of four goals—purusarthas,’ says the renowned writer
Book review | The forgotten saga of India’s indentured labourers
Bibek Debroy • 2 years agoBhaswati Mukherjee’s book is a useful reminder and exploration of India’s indenture history, with variations across countries. One hopes there are other such books
Book review | Manoj Rupda explores depths of violence and identity in 'I Named My Sister Silence'
Ashutosh Kumar Thakur • 2 years agoThe narrative does not shy away from depicting the destruction of villages, the plight of the marginalized, and the cyclical nature of violence perpetrated by both the state and rebels
Book review | 'Nepal: From Monarchy to Republic’ is all about transition that is still not over
Atul K Thakur • 2 years agoAuthor Lok Raj Baral reflects on the journey of the Himalayan landlocked country — from being under the reigns of the Shah Dynasty (and Rana rulers) to its relatively new status as a democratic republic with strong nostalgia for the institutions of the past