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Manil Suri: ‘Mathematics can trigger an emotional response’

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In conversation with the mathematician and author of ‘The Big Bang of Numbers’.

To Sri Lanka, with love

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Shehan Karunatilaka’s complex relationship with home infuses the stories in this book with heart.

Tree story

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This expansive novel’s gifts are not easy to explain but will stay with you for a long time.

Saving Angelo da Fonseca

It validates his attempts to forge a hybrid art that was neither completely Western nor Indian.

The advocate vanishes

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This unputdownable true crime story reconstructs a 1980s’ political murder in Karnataka.

New books on the shelves

A range of refreshing reads, from South Africa’s slave ship history to Ambedkar up close and personal.

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Bangladesh at 50: History of three nations intertwined in lessons from liberation

Sachidananda Mohanty

Even as India congratulates Bangladesh on the 50th anniversary of its liberation, it must reflect on the lessons learned from the events that led to t

Book Review: Rasheed Kidwai's 'The House of Scindias' is a tale of a dynasty well told

The book throws light on the power dynamics and pomp displayed by one of the respected dynasties of Indian politics.

Book Review: Thol. Thirumavalavan's 'Mathamum Mathamaatramum' puts caste identity and conversion in the spotlight

The book portrays caste atrocities and police brutalities as reasons for religious conversion and rejects the argument that the lure of money was the

BOOKS / CONTROVERSY

Fate of a book on Indian democracy

The peculiar case of a book on Indian democracy that almost got pushed out of the Indian market but has managed to make a comeback.

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Thi. Janakiraman: A classical radical

Abhirami Girija Sriram

Tamil writer Thi. Janakiraman (1921-1982) was a modernist whose fiction explored the man-woman relationship and its tangles in a changing world. For

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‘Deve Gowda’s democratic engagement was deep’

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Interview with the author and political commentator Sugata Srinivasaraju.

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Book Review: 'Bangalore's Lalbagh' by Suresh Jayaram pays homage to the Garden City

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

The story of Lalbagh is intertwined with the story of Bengaluru, and the book makes this connect wonderfully.

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Book Review: 'Capitalism and Imperialism' by Utsa Patnaik & Prabhat Patnaik presents a scholarly perspective on capitalism

The book provides valuable insights into the present state of capitalism as well as socialism as a possible alternative to it.

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Christophe Jaffrelot: ‘At stake is survival of Indo-Islamic civilisation’

Interview with Christophe Jaffrelot, political scientist.

Book Review: Anvita Abbi's 'Voices from the Lost Horizon' chronicles the literary heritage of the Great Andamanese

Meenakshi Bharat

The ‘first ever’ transcription and translation of folk tales and folk songs of the Great Andamanese captures some of the intangible heritage of the pe

Book Review: Amartya Sen’s memoir 'Home in the World' is a discussion of memories and ideas

Amartya Sen’s memoir is not a chronological story of his life; it discusses ideas and emphasises the importance of public reasoning in decision-making

Book Review: Achala Moulik's 'Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation of 1971' chronicles India and Russia's longstanding relationship

K.S. Subramanian

This remarkable book commemorates a landmark treaty between India and the Soviet Union that played a key role in advancing ties between the two countr

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The Art vs Artist conundrum and the audience that is between them

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An effective way of taking revenge against artists is to consign them to oblivion.

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Colours of desire

A mother’s sari collection feels like an act of vengeance against a life that had deprived her of small joys in her youth.