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Book Reviews

Ruskin Bond’s Rusty Goes To London

Any Indian bibliophile, who has spent his or her childhood and youth in the company of, say, Oliver Twist being led by the artful Dodger

Zoeb Matin April 28, 2019

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Prisoner of Yakutsk by Shreyas Bhave

Everybody loves a good conspiracy theory; removed as they are from our mundane lives. They are our cheap thrills and guilty pleasures. Prisoner of Yakutsk

Sneha Pathak April 28, 2019

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Pops: A children’s book by Balaji Venkataramanan

Balaji Venkataramanan’s Pops has the most unassuming cover which disguises the humorous portrayal of a very real and very common story today; divorce. When I

Akhila Menon April 24, 2019

Book Reviews

The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk (Tr. to Tamil by G. Kuppuswamy)

We live on a planet of over 7 billion people, spread across geographies. We are all told this; somewhere out there, there are seven people who

John Pinto April 17, 2019

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Miss Laila Armed and Dangerous by Manu Joseph

When I picked up Manu Joseph’s Miss Laila Armed and Dangerous, I had no idea that I was about to become an Alice hurtling down

Akhila Menon April 17, 2019

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Shala by Milind Bokil

“Those were the best days of my life . . .” Whenever Bryan Adams strums his guitar to this song, chances are we think of

Sneha Pathak April 12, 2019

Book Reviews

Jasmine Days by Benyamin

I once had a conversation with my friend, of a different and politically opposing faith. When push came to shove, if the two of us

Prakruti Maniar April 10, 2019

The Moor's Last Sigh

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The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

Bombay Penned And Painted On An Epic Canvas Twenty years ago, I discovered, in my knee-high boyhood, that Bombay, as we had always known it

Zoeb Matin March 30, 2019

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Swami and Friends by RK Narayan

One of my most cherished memories of childhood is when we used to have our school exams. Everybody, I think, can relate to the nervously

Zoeb Matin March 23, 2019

Book Reviews

Twilight in Delhi by Ahmed Ali

Bringing back a slice of the past Twilight in Delhi is the story of Delhi, of a particular moment in the long history of this

Sneha Pathak March 17, 2019

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