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Aug 04, 2018
The Unending Game: Ex-spymaster Vikram Sood’s book is a treatise on espionage marked by understated brilliance
In The Unending Game, former R&AW chief Vikram Sood paints a panoramic view of espionage, traces it through its Cold War roots, introduces us to the shadowy cabal of intelligence, ‘star moles’ of CIA, KGB, MI6, secret groups, and then brings us to the present before hand-holding us through to the future. -
May 10, 2018
Who Owns that Song? brings to life 'unsung poet' Subramania Bharati, copyright issues surrounding his work
In this book, Subramania Bharati is not the hero— his life is simply the explanation for why his poems became important to the Tamil people | #FirstCulture -
Apr 23, 2018
In Jasoda, Kiran Nagarkar's wry humour, unsettling realism make for poignant story that satisfies — and disturbs
In his seventh book Jasoda, Kiran Nagarkar, one of India’s most highly regarded writers, returns to a landscape that both he and his readers are familiar with — Rajputana -
Apr 18, 2018
A Higher Loyalty book review: No salacious details, James Comey offers a harsh criticism of Donald Trump
Donald Trump and James Comey have made their limited, narrow narratives all about themselves. In the first, Trump chooses to do so, in the other it was inevitable. -
Apr 14, 2018
Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History book review — JV Pawar documents facts, fanaticism and a movement against caste oppression
Translated to English from Marathi, JV Pawar's Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History, is the first-hand documentation of how and why the movement of Dalit Panthers took shape in Maharashtra and how it spread across several Indian states from south to north -
Mar 26, 2018
How India Became Democratic book review: Ornit Shani unravels how the first electoral rolls were made
How India Became Democratic reflects the socio-cultural peculiarities of pre-Independent India, a time when the idea of ‘one nation, one vote’ was path breaking | #FirstCulture -
Mar 22, 2018
Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood's Bad Boy chronicles a life stranger than fiction
The genius of this unauthorised biography of Sanjay Dutt lies in in its choice of subject: A headstrong young man born to parents who were the nation's darlings (Nargis and Sunil Dutt) and went tumbling down a hedonistic spiral, collecting (and discarding) lovers, addictions and dangerous acquaintances along the way -
Feb 19, 2018
Why I Am A Hindu: Shashi Tharoor's sentiments are those of a liberal trying to reclaim the religion from the fringe
Books such as Shashi Tharoor’s 'Why I am a Hindu' simply take sides in the Left vs Right unproductive struggle, without adding much of intellectual value to the socio-political issues confronting India today | #FirstCulture | #BookReview -
Jan 11, 2018
How Jayant Kaikini's 'No Presents Please' escapes the mundanity of most other translated Indian fiction
A new collection of stories set in Mumbai, No Presents Please by Jayant Kaikini has just appeared in English translation (HarperCollins) -
Dec 18, 2017
Husain: Portrait of an Artist book review — Ila Pal's biography offers new insights but fails to demystify painter
Ila Pal had both the access and the advantage of a ringside view to MF Husain's life for close to 50 years
