Exploring the challenges encountered by a displaced refugee population after the trauma of partition in Sunil Gangopadhyay's Arjun.
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Book Review: The Tale of Displaced Homes and Everlasting ‘Hunger’
Is Hunger a name? If yes, then whose name is this? The name of a person? Class or Society? Or Country? Author Dhruba Jyoti Borah tries to find the answer.
‘Asha-San’ Was a Soldier Who Defied All Norms. So Why Do We Know So Little of Her?
A new book encapsulates Lieutenant Asha's journey from childhood in Japan to her fight to free her motherland, India, that led her to join the Rani of Jhansi regiment …
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A tribute to Mirza Ghalib on his birthday on December 27.
In ‘The Song of the Cell’, Cellular Therapy Heralds the Rise of a ‘New Human’
With his third book in a planned quartet, Siddhartha Mukherjee once again demonstrates that he is a storyteller with the mind of a scientist and the heart of a …
‘Vernacular English’ Is a Deep Dive into India’s Language of Paradox
Akshya Saxena’s book explains how the language in India, with all its elite trappings, is also ubiquitous and helps make sense of a chaotic world.
Kamila Shamsie’s ‘Best of Friends’ Is an Affecting Novel of Friendship, Power and Ethics
'Best of Friends', the latest novel from Women’s Prize-winner Kamila Shamsie, explores complexities of power and ethics within an enduring female friendship.
Book Review: How Colonial Racism Built and Maintains Unjust Global Order
Alexander Barder’s book Global Race War traces the moves and developments of a global racial order on a grand scale.
Barry Hines’s ‘The Gamekeeper’ Is a Novel About How Capitalism Steals Nature From Us
Barry Hines is best known as author of 'Kestrel for a Knave', adapted for film by Ken Loach. His newly rereleased novel, 'The Gamekeeper', offers a searing portrait of …
Where Exactly Is Ling Ma Trying to Take Us in Bliss Montage?
Ling Ma’s new short story collection, Bliss Montage, leads us down strange, stimulating paths — and then leaves us before we can fully gather our bearings.