Tag: Book Review
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Didda: Kashmiri warrior queen remembered in book
Ashish Kaul has penned down the inspiring story of Kashmiri warrior queen Didda who overcoming all the domestic oppression and physical disability showed her superwoman-like skills in learning 52 arts of war and became a terror for her contemporary enemy states.
March 11, 2019 -
Book review | From Jinnah to Modi: Kuldip Nayar explodes myths surrounding leaders and icons
Kuldip Nayar's last book exquisitely demonstrates his distinctive ability to question the need for fiction when real life is so plump with drama and intrigue. Personal anecdotes about a number of leaders and icons make this book a rare treat for readers of modern Indian affairs
March 10, 2019 -
Book Review | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: When a man attains divinity
Through the pages of this book, Chitrita Banerjee explores and explains this transformation, but there is a flowing calmness overriding the tumultuous life story of an extraordinary individual
March 10, 2019 -
Women’s Day Special | Dilliwali: In search of the quintessential Delhi woman
The book is an attempt – albeit unconventional - to help us understand who that woman is, in the voices of 94 Dilliwalis, poets aged between 13 and 70 years
March 6, 2019 -
Book Review | The Dreaming Reality deals with a taboo with telling characters
The Dreaming Reality is the story of Ridhima Maniktala and Rihansh Kashyap. Rihansh is a 16-year-old school kid who falls in love with his tuition teacher Ridhima who is five years older to him.
October 25, 2018 -
Book Review: Job Be Damned is the ‘Art of War’ for corporate warhorses
Like a smart, seasoned and no-nonsense instructor, author Rishi Piparaiya guides the reader how to steer clear of the whirlpools, navigate past the typhoons and defend oneself from the sharks that infest the corporate ocean.
September 11, 2018 -
The drama of our inner lives
Anjali Joseph's latest novel revolves around an Indian shoemaker and British woman working in a shoe factory. She has written a daring kind of novel, however quiet it seems... A review
August 5, 2018 -
Finally, an authoritative primer on mutual funds
Book: How Fund Managers Are Making You Rich Author: Pravin Palande Publisher: Maven/Rupa Pages: 254 Price: Rs 595 If you have invested in mutual funds and are waiting for those number-crunching fund managers to do their thing and make you rich over time, this thoroughly researched book tells you more about those invisible financial wizards...
January 28, 2018 -
Of trolls and ‘stifling’ showbiz: Soha Ali Khan on being ‘moderately famous’
Title: “The Perils of Being Moderately Famous” Author: Soha Ali Khan Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 210 Price: Rs 299 She comes from a family of heavyweights: Her father, the late cricketer Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi; her mother, veteran actress Sharmila Tagore; her brother, actor Saif Ali Khan; and Kareena Kapoor Khan is her sister-in-law. However,...
January 13, 2018 -
Mapping the mindset and reasoning of jihadis
Title: Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea Author: Shiraz Maher Publisher: Penguin Random House UK Pages: 292; Price: Rs 499 Fundamentalism is an inescapable feature of all religions, but becomes a problem when it takes an intolerably and indiscriminately violent form of a “holy war”. This is an issue in its heartland no doubt but...
January 10, 2018 -
Mapping the mindset and reasoning of jihadis
Title: Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea; Author: Shiraz Maher; Publisher: Penguin Random House UK: Pages: 292; Price: Rs 499 Fundamentalism is an inescapable feature of all religions, but becomes a problem when it takes an intolerably and indiscriminately violent form of a “holy war”. This is an issue in its heartland no doubt but...
January 10, 2018 -
A satire cum thriller – inspired by politics
Title: Miss Laila Armed and Dangerous Author: Manu Joseph Publisher: Fourth Estate Pages: 210 Price: Rs 499 A lanky woman, arms akimbo, wearing a tucked-in white shirt, divided skirt and red high heels is standing with her back to us. There’s a mike in front of her and she’s addressing a nondescript crowd, waving flags...
January 7, 2018 -
A rivalry in the realistic setting of a forgotten war
Title: The Beckoning Isle Author: Abhay Narayan Sapru Publisher: Wisdom Tree Pages: 157 Price: Rs 245 The operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in the 1980s may have been a doomed venture, but this riveting tale of rivalry between an Indian Special...
January 5, 2018 -
Demonetisation akin to chopping off the nose to cure a cold
Book: Demonetisation and the Black Economy; Author: Arun Kumar; Publisher: Penguin Portfolio; Price: Rs. 499; Pages: 300 Reams of paper have been inked and gigabytes of data published online lauding, berating, reporting and analysing in breathless fashion the impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial decision on November 8, 2016, to demonetise Rs 500 and...
January 2, 2018 -
Jack and Bobby Kennedy’s curious intertwined lives and fates
Title: The Kennedy Brothers; Author: Richard D. Mahoney; Publisher: Arcade Publishing; Pages: 480; Price: Rs 799 No other family occupies as significant a position in American politics as the Kennedys — especially the charismatic John F. ‘Jack’ Kennedy. His truncated term doesn’t prevent him from being the most popular US President, in his time and...
December 31, 2017 -
Whither India? An atlas of present faults and future courses
Title: India Now and in Transition; Editor: Atul Thakur; Publisher: Niyogi Books: Pages: 448; Price: Rs 599 Stretching from icy mountains to the boundless oceans and from arid deserts to tropical forests with more varied topography in between, India’s geographical diversity is well complemented by its political, religious and cultural plurality, and a variety of...
December 30, 2017 -
Power: A new paradigm to ponder over — and pursue
Title: The Power Paradox; Author: Dacher Keltner; Publisher: Penguin Random House UK: Pages: 208; Price: Rs 499 It is termed the ultimate aphrodisiac. It is that intense but intangible phenomenon that runs countries, corporations and society and is involved, in some way or the other, in how we relate to each other both professionally and...
December 26, 2017