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.
Book Review: The Brief, Gorgeous and Honest World of Ocean Vuong
'On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous' shows readers that even in the loss, there’s redemption, and a beauty of sorts only if one knows where to find it.
‘The Majnu Ka Tilla Diaries’ Reveals Tibetan Empowerment in India
Photographer Serena Chopra's black and white images of the Tibetan colony in Delhi are an intimate and empathetic peek into the refugees' struggle for identity.