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Marginalised Opposition

Marginalised Opposition

18 Jun 2012 9:21 AM IST
It would be sometime before one gets to know who actually won in the game of brinkmanship on the issue of the UPA candidate for the President’s office...
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NDA divided on fighting Mukherjee

NDA divided on fighting Mukherjee

18 Jun 2012 6:51 AM IST
While the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pranab Mukherjee looks comfortably placed in the presidential race, the National Democratic...
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Lamenting the vagaries of fate
"The Promises We Made" | Lamenting the vagaries of fate

Author: Rohan Jain

Publisher: Srishti Publishers

Price: 225

'The Promises We Made' is a romantic novel written by Rohan Jain, an IIT Kanpur (2011-15) and IIM...

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Indira & Judiciary
"IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: An Autobiography" | Indira & Judiciary

Author: Justice Rajindar Sachar

Publisher: Rupa Publication

Price: 595

My father used to say that nothing should come in the way of performing one’s duty, and he had lived...

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Of universal appeal
"Suralakshmi Villa" | Of universal appeal

Author: Aruna Chakravarti

Publisher: Picador India

Price: 650

From the author of Jorasanko and Daughters of Jorasanko, comes another novel Suralakshmi Villa. This...

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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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In her own voice
"Lata Mangeshkar in Her Own Voice" | In her own voice

Author: Nasreen Munni Kabir

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 695

Nasreen Munni Kabir (NMK): In which year did you move to Bombay? Lata Mangeshkar (LM): In 1945....

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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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The untold story
"IAF STRIKES @ 0328 hours" | The untold story

Author: Mukesh Kaushik & Sanjay Singh

Publisher: Prabhat Paperbacks

Price: 250

More than a year has passed since Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out Balakot airstrikes across the...

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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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All men of good will?
"Animosity at Bay" | All men of good will?

Author: Pallavi Raghwan

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: 699

The No War Pact correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan is interesting for...

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Early Parsis of Calcutta
"Pioneering Parsis of Calcutta" | Early Parsis of Calcutta

Author: Prochy N Mehta

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 850

After China banned the opium trade, Parsis diversified into the cotton and jute-manufacturing...

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Of loss and resilience
"Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History" | Of loss and resilience

Author: Sudeep Chakravarti

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 799

In the Ain-i-Akbari, a record of administration during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar, what...

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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...

Chopticks: A big let down

"Chopticks" | Chopticks: A big let down

Director: Sachin Yardi

Star Cast: Abhay Deol, Mithila Palkar and Vijay Raaz

There is a vast difference between smart cinema and smart ass cinema. The latter is designed by...

Modi biopic not historical, but mythological

"PM Narendra Modi" | Modi biopic not historical, but mythological

Director: Omung Kumar B

Star Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Joshi and Suresh Oberoi

This is not the Narendra Modi biopic that we’ve all been waiting for. The one that shows this...

A splashy bore

"Student of the Year 2" | A splashy bore

Director: Punit Malhotra

Star Cast: Tiger Shroff, Aditya Seal, Ananya Panday, Tara Sutaria

In a film that runs on and on, almost as fast as its agile leading man, for nearly two and a half...

A laugh riot with underlying message

"Luka Chhupi" | A laugh riot with underlying message

Director: Laxman Utekar

Star Cast: Kartik Aaryan; Kriti Sanon; Aparshakti Khurana; Pankaj Tripathi; Vinay Shukla

Set in a small town of India – Mathura, Laxman Utekar’s directorial Luka Chhupi envelopes a lot of...

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...

Kangana reigns as Manikarnika

"Manikarnika: The queen of Jhansi" | Kangana reigns as Manikarnika

Director: Kangana Ranaut, Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi

Star Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Ankita Lokhande, Jishu Sengupta, Danny Dengongzpa, Suresh Oberoi, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Khoob Ladi Mardaani Woh Toh Jhansi Waali Rani Thi – this is how prominent Hindi poet Subhadra Kumari...

A preach-fest that fails to make an impact

"The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City" | A preach-fest that fails to make an impact

Director: Tariq Khan

Star Cast: Mahesh Bhatt, Kay Kay Menon, Deepraj Rana, Neha Khan, Alisha Seema Khan, Avii Pardasani, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Jyoti Malshe, Sayed Gul and Irfanouzzaman

This film is a preach-fest which underlines, “Zindagi mein haarna, par zindagi se na haarna”, which...

A preach-fest that fails to make an impact

"The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City" | A preach-fest that fails to make an impact

Director: Tariq Khan

Star Cast: Mahesh Bhatt, Kay Kay Menon, Deepraj Rana, Neha Khan, Alisha Seema Khan, Avii Pardasani, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Jyoti Malshe, Sayed Gul and Irfanouzzaman

This film is a preach-fest which underlines, “Zindagi mein haarna, par zindagi se na haarna”, which...

Most heartbreaking horror take you will ever see

"Pihu" | Most heartbreaking horror take you will ever see

Director: Vinod Kapri

Star Cast: Myra, Prerna Sharma, voices of Rahul Bagga and Hrishita Bhatt

If Macaulay Culkin was a little girl who was a far better actor than he, and if Home Alone was a...

A slow, immersive character-driven film

"“First Man”" | A slow, immersive character-driven film

Director: Damien Chazelle

Star Cast: Ryan Gosling, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Ciaran Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, Ethan Embry, Lukas Haas, Shea Whigham and Pablo Schreiber

Based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen, this film directed by...

Irrfan elevates this light-hearted comedy

"“Karwaan”" | Irrfan elevates this light-hearted comedy

Director: Akarsh Khurana

Star Cast: Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan, Akash Khurana, Mithila Palkar, Amala Akkineni, Kriti Kharbanda

Focusing more on the journey rather than on the goal, Karwaan is a light-hearted comedy, designed as...

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