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Libya: Two dams collapse after flooding devastated an eastern city, killing over 11,000

Libya: Two dams collapse after flooding devastated an eastern city, killing over 11,000

16 Sept 2023 6:00 PM IST
Libya's top prosecutor said he has opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city as...
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First signs of trouble
"The Banker Who Crushed His Diamonds" | First signs of trouble

Author: Furquan Moharkan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 350

In September 1957, a Punjabi family in Delhi was blessed with a baby boy—a boy who would go on to...

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Path-breaking decisions
"The Presidential Years: 2012-2017" | Path-breaking decisions

Author: Pranab Mukherjee

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 695

The internal process of decision-making varies from government to government, and PM Modi has...

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Of light and darkness
"The Long Shadows of Life" | Of light and darkness

Author: Ramin Jahanbegloo

Publisher: HarAnand

Price: 495

The Long Shadows of Life is a collection of seventy-one poems of, an Iranian-Canadian philosopher,...

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Politics of citizenship
"ON CITIZENSHIP" | Politics of citizenship

Author: N Ram, Romila Thapar, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

India might have awakened to ‘life and freedom’ at the stroke of the midnight hour separating 14...

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A Culinary Smorgasbord
"Vegetarian Cuisine from the Himalayan Foothills" | A Culinary Smorgasbord

Author: Veena Sharma

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 750

It is not for nothing that the Garhwal region of the Himalayas is referred to as deva bhumi, the...

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The end of autonomy
"The Battle of Belonging" | The end of autonomy

Author: Shashi Tharoor

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 799

As I have noted, Prime Minister Modi likes to practise what American generals call ‘shock and awe’....

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India’s irrepressible gadfly
"Rebels with a Cause" | India’s irrepressible gadfly

Author: TT Ram Mohan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

In early 2014, Arundhati Roy wrote a lengthy introduction to one of B.R. Ambedkar’s most powerful...

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Indo-China relations Soft Power conundrum
"One Mountain Two Tigers: India, China and the High Himalayas" | Indo-China relations Soft Power conundrum

Author: Shakti Sinha

Publisher: Pentagon Press LLP

Price: 795

Soft Power has moved from being an academic concept to a political buzzword, particularly in the...

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Star of the Millennium
"Amitabh Bachchan: A Kaleidoscope" | Star of the Millennium

Author: Pradeep Chandra & Vikas Chandra Sinha

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 1500

Don is the only Hindi film directed by Chandra Barot. Both Don and Barot have interesting histories....

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Building India’s technological edifice
"Midnight's Machines: A Political History of Technology in India" | Building India’s technological edifice

Author: Arun Mohan Sukumar

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

Technology has always been detrimental in a nation’s progress and its standing in the world. The...

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Weeding out culpability and repentance
"No Regrets: The Guilt-Free Woman's Guide to a Good Life" | Weeding out culpability and repentance

Author: Kaveree Bamzai

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: 299

Complete women are those who can obey every word of their parents before marriage, take good care of...

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Hinduism’s plurality
"The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism" | Hinduism’s plurality

Author: Shashi Tharoor

Publisher: Aleph

Price: 799

“I am neither a Sanskritist nor a scholar of Hinduism and did not set out to write a scholarly...

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A technically impressive film

"‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’" | A technically impressive film

Director: JJ Abrams

Star Cast: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega

This ninth episode of the “Star Wars” franchise is the last of the sequel’s trilogy after “The Force...

Banal take on infidelity

"Out Of Love" | Banal take on infidelity

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia and Aijaz Khan

Star Cast: Rasika Dugal, Purab Kohli

For a large part of its playing time, ‘Out Of Love’ looks like banal take on infidelity. Except that...

Good performances in a cursed plot

"Hexing" | Good performances in a cursed plot

Director: Christophe Lenoir

Star Cast: Dominique Swain, Ketan Anand, Emma Eliza Regan, Adam Weafer, Zeb Moore, Alicia Mairead Gerrad, Camille Solal, Nigel Mercier, Shane Robinson, Conor Marren, Michael Parle

It’s been a while that I saw Hexing, a horror-drama, and, seriously, even after vexing my grey...

An engaging sequel

"Maleficent" | An engaging sequel

Director: Joachim Ronning

Star Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil is the sequel to the 2014 released, dark fantasy adventure film,...

Brilliant performance nails the character

"Joker" | Brilliant performance nails the character

Director: Todd Phillips

Star Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz

For those unaware of the DC comic universe, the Joker is the supervillain who appeared in...

Netflix’s silliest feature to date

"Tall Girl" | Netflix’s silliest feature to date

Director: Nzingha Stewart

Star Cast: Ava Michelle, Luke Eisner

Hold on! In a world plagued by problems such as nuclear warfare and cancer we are supposed to...

It floats with hope

"Big Little Lies, Season 2" | It floats with hope

Director: Jean-Marc Vallee and Andrea Arnold

Star Cast: Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley

Unless you think of ‘The Godfather Part 2’, very few sequels are given an unconditional thumbs-up ....

The Lion King is visually fascinating

"The Lion King" | The Lion King is visually fascinating

Director: Jon Favreau

Star Cast: Donal Glover, Beyonce, James Earl Jones

For the uninitiated, The Lion King, is the story of Simba, a lion cub, who is dispossessed and made...

Smugly, aa, unrelatable kitsch

"Game Over" | Smugly, aa, unrelatable kitsch

Director: Ashvin Saravanan

Star Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Vinodhini, Ramya Subramanian

With all the trappings of its genre tropes, the film Game Over starts with a promise. But to accept...

A charming Disney fare

"Dumbo" | A charming Disney fare

Director: Tim Burton

Star Cast: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins, Roshan Seth, DeObia Oparei, Sharon Rooney, Phil Zimmerman, Douglas Reith, Joseph Gatt

Director Tim Burton’s Dumbo is a live-action film inspired from Disney’s 1941 animated classic of...

Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

"The Wife" | Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

Director: Bjorn Runge

Star Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Alix Wilton Regan, Elizabeth McGovern

Swedish director Bjorn Runge’s The Wife, written by Jane Anderson from Meg Wolitzer’s novel of the...

Familiar but taut thriller

"Escape Room" | Familiar but taut thriller

Director: Adam Robitel

Star Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Tyler Labine, Deborah Ann Woll, Nik Dodani, Jay Ellis

Adam Robitel’s Escape Room is a taut thriller that surely keeps you enthralled. It is an escape room...

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