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Book Review: B.N. Goswamy’s collection of essays revels in soulful conversations on art

B.N. Goswamy’s latest book, a collection of 125 essays selected from his fortnightly column “Art and Soul” in The Tribune, takes one on a voyage of di

Book Review: Laura T. Murphy's ‘Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt’ asks questions on the price of freedom

An interesting case study on the Kol people of Azad Nagar who bought their way out of slavery, this book talks of how revolutions can become fractured

Vasundhara Sirnate

Book Review: Robert Buderi's 'Where Futures Converge' chronicles the transformative Kendall Square

Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is to life sciences what Hollywood is to movies. A new book traces the story of its transformation from a

Vijaysree Venkatraman

Book Review: 'Why Do You Fear My Way So Much?' by G.N. Saibaba exhibits a fearless mind

A new collection of letters and poems by G.N. Saibaba brings us the undefeated voice of the jailed professor.

Interview: Sukrita Paul

Sukrita Paul: ‘Krishna Sobti carved out space for women’

Interview with writer-poet Sukrita Paul.

History of RAW - India’s external intelligence agency

A path-breaking history of India’s covert operations by the fabled Research and Analysis Wing, based on extensive interviews with both serving and for

Sachidananda Mohanty

Book Review: Uma Das Gupta's 'A History of Sriniketan' documents Rabindranath Tagore’s abode of beauty

A new book looks at the history of Sriniketan, Rabindranath Tagore’s institute for rural reconstruction in Birbhum.

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Book Review: Shreya Sen-Handley's memoir 'Handle With Care: Travels With My Family' celebrates the simple pleasures of life

One of the most interesting aspects of the book is how the author’s love of literature often dictates, either consciously or subconsciously, her choic

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Kashmir conundrum: In conversation with Iqbal Chand Malhotra

Interview with Iqbal Chand Malhotra, whose latest book on “proxy wars” in Kashmir reviews past policies and their consequences for the country now.

‘Indian Botanical Art: An illustrated history’ By Martyn Rix (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew-Roli Books, 2021)

Book Review: Martyn Rix's 'Indian Botanical Art' is a comprehensive illustrated history of the subject

Exquisitely illustrated, this comprehensive book on the tradition of botanical art in India will delight art lovers and enthusiasts of botany and Indi

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

‘In Defiance, Our Stories: Short Fiction By Dalit Writers’ translated by Malini Seshadri and V. Ramakrishnan (Vitasta, 2022)

Book Review: Translation initiative takes Tamil literature to the world

An eclectic, equal-opportunity offering of fiction, poetry and literary non-fiction marks the second phase of the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational

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‘Avvai’ by Inquilab, translated by A. Mangai (Modern Indian Drama Series), Sahitya Akademi, 2021.

Book Review: 'Avvai' by Inquilab reimagines the Tamil poet

A deeply political play which establishes Avvai as a vibrant, passionate poet of the Sangam period, almost an antithesis of the holier-than-thou image

H.S. Shivaprakash