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An unsung iconoclast
1 Dec 2024 12:13 AM IST‘The Jannayak Karpoori Thakur’ is a compelling biography by Santosh Singh & Aditya Anmol, which traces the protagonist’s rise from humble beginnings...
A fictional canvas of historic past
24 Nov 2024 1:22 AM ISTThe novel ‘Swallowing the Sun’ by Laksmi Murdeshwar Puri explores pre-Independence India’s societal complexities through Madhav Rao’s struggle for...
Coming-of-age rendition of a timeless text
10 Nov 2024 1:29 AM ISTBrigadier Krishna Gopal Behl’s ‘Bhagavad Geeta: Philosophy of Life’ offers a rhythmic English translation of the religious text’s 700 verses, making...
Bibek’s Personal Obituary
3 Nov 2024 9:52 PM ISTIt was reflective of life. It spoke of death. It mentioned the in-between. It was realistic. It was platonic. It was also the first time I read an...
Bridging the self and the universe
2 Nov 2024 11:45 PM ISTIn this second and ultimate part of the two-part review of Anubhav Kandpal’s ‘We Get to Live’, the reviewer discusses the intricate themes of...
A treatise on eternal symbiosis
26 Oct 2024 11:15 PM ISTIn We Get to Live, Anubhav Kandpal examines humanity’s profound interconnectedness with nature through the lenses of philosophy, spirituality, quantum...
The sordid underbelly of sinister ploys
20 Oct 2024 1:24 AM ISTIqbal Malhotra’s meticulously researched book, The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies, is an important read for everyone interested in the...
On the bedrock of courage & conviction
12 Oct 2024 10:09 PM IST‘Responsibility’ involves taking proactive actions rather than relying on external entities, backing arguments with empirical evidence, practicing...
Weaver of boundless dreams
5 Oct 2024 9:45 PM ISTThe 2019 edition of the Valley of Words was privileged to host Keki N Daruwalla – India’s foremost poet and writer. By this time, he had received the...
Retelling a timeless epic
29 Sept 2024 12:56 AM ISTSonali Raje’s trilogy, The Empress of Indraprastha, offers a feminist and ecological retelling of the Mahabharata, focusing on Draupadi’s polyandrous...
Salt, sweat & sacrifices
22 Sept 2024 1:05 AM ISTSet in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Arunava Sinha’s A Touch of Salt is a blend of history, politics, and social struggles; it explores the legacy of the...
Dichotomies of the ‘City of Joy’
15 Sept 2024 12:57 AM ISTTruth/Untruth — Anjum Katyal’s outstanding translation of Mahashweta Devi’s thrilling novella Satya/Asatya — offers a glimpse of the urban life in the...