Veteran journalist Mrinal Pande’s book could very well be compared to a train journey through the Indian heartland. The book, which brings together a wide-ranging selection of essays by Pande, traverses many little Indias bustling in the country.
Life is a photo album for young poet Aazar Anis, who creates picturesque avenues through his verses.
Those who were expecting that the Oxford-educated cricketer, Imran Khan, would bring about a paradigm shift in Pakistan’s politics are likely to be disappointed if they read his book Pakistan: A Personal History.
How China Mieville blurs the divide between mainstream and the SF genre.
Mumbai is the most formidable character in two new books on crime. In Death in Mumbai, journalist Meenal Baghel takes off right from where the news reports let go of the story, while Mumbai Rollercoaster is a fictional account of everything you want to avoid and a good example of how real life, as seen in the Susairaj saga.
The Chinese consume but do not set trends
A book on masculinity rakes some of the basic anxieties of the ‘stronger sex’. Amitava Sanyal writes.
A novel that remembers and deals with a yearning for the future. Lalita Panicker writes.
Biography of a man who made coalition-building in Bihar an asset, not a handicap. Ashok Malik writes.
Two books to understand the financial crisis. Dipankar Bhattacharyya writes.
An old, lively book on the colourful characters from the Bombay high court.
Crime novelist Ian Rankin spoke to Anirudh Bhattacharyya about his new book, his visit to Mumbai and, of course, Rebus.
Short of the ideal, Matters of the law, heavens a lie