By Mohammed Shafeeq, Book: Return to Jammu; Author: V. Raghunathan; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India; Price: Rs 399; Pages: 346 This is the engrossing tale of Balan, a kid from South India who grows up in the towns of Punjab, Jammu ...
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Feed SubscriptionUnspoken wisdom that only megaliths can impart (Book Review)
By Kishori Sud, Title: The Archaeoastronomy of a Few Megalithic Sites of Jharkhand; Author: Subhashis Das; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 127; Price: Rs 695 If you are interested in archaeology, culture-studies and tribal studies, you know what Subhashis Das has ...
Read More »The demoted sun god is back for a tougher mission (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta, Title: The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo Book 3); Author: Rick Riordan; Publisher: Puffin/Penguin Random House; Pages: 448; Price: Rs 599 The path from humanity to divinity may be long and hard — but it can ...
Read More »‘Doing science in India troublesome for those over 60’ (Book Review)
By K.S. Jayaraman, Book: Doing Science in India: My Second Innings; Author: Dr G. Padmanaban; Publisher: IISc Press; Pages: 124; Price: Rs 799 I may not have done earth-shaking science but I do have a sense of satisfaction that I ...
Read More »Alan Alda’s method to relearning the key of successful communication (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta, Title: If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?; Author: Alan Alda; Publisher: Random House; Pages: 240; Price: Rs 699 Communication is the basis of human relationships and most of our endeavours. But ...
Read More »‘Treasures’ takes you on a wondrous tour of Allahabad Museum (Book Review)
By Nivedita Singh, Title: Treasures: Allahabad Museum, Allahabad; Author: Malavika Singh, Rajesh Purohit; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 190; Price: Rs 995 Enjoying rare books in a museum is common, but you can now enjoy the Allahabad Museum through a book ...
Read More »Fascism: Recognising the beast and what it feeds on (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta, Title: Fascism: A Warning; Author: Madeleine Albright; Publisher: William Collins; Pages: 304; Price: Rs 699 If not the outcome of the Second World War, the Berlin Wall’s fall seemed to pave the way for democracy’s triumph — ...
Read More »A thorough examination of sedition laws (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: Sedition In Liberal Democracies; Author: Anushka Singh; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 391; Price: Rs 995 This recent offering sets out to examine the relationship between liberal democracies and sedition. At the onset, the author traces ...
Read More »A murder most foul in the Delhi Durbar – but royal too? (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta, Title: Death at the Durbar; Author: Arjun Raj Gaind; Publisher: HarperCollins India; Pages: 368; Price: Rs 399 It is India in 1911 — the Raj’s high-point, with the King Emperor setting foot in his prized dominion for ...
Read More »The digital revolution’s dystopian potential – and what we can do (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta, Title: The People Vs Tech; Author: Jamie Bartlett; Publisher: Ebury Press/Penguin Random House; Pages: 256; Price: Rs 499 Duality is a feature of humanity and manifests itself in all its works, particularly its technology. Advances in digital ...
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