Books
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Rushdie expands on “big social novel” in conversation with Homi Bhabha
By Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent “Begin at the beginning,” says the King to the White Rabbit in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice…
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A working woman’s guide to sabbaticals – and what not to do in it
By Vikas Datta Title: I Quit! Now What?; Author: Zarreen Khan; Publisher: Amaryllis; Pages: 296; Price: Rs 350 For many…
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Shairi se mashvare: Urdu poets on religion, nation-building and life
By Vikas Datta We may be familiar with the literary concept of ‘poetic justice’, though in this modern technological and…
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An Ordinary Life: Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s memoir to release on October 27
Mumbai–“An Ordinary Life: A Memoir”, which chronicles the life of Nawazuddin Siddiqui whose meteoric rise in the Hindi film industry…
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Book Review: Amazons: Myths, realities and significance of the wondrous woman warriors
By Vikas Datta Title: Amazons – The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World; Author: John Man; Publisher: Bantam Press/Penguin…
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Books This Weekend: Of cookery, marketing and spying
New Delhi–Get insights into methods of cooking, and various features of a professional kitchen; learn about the use of digital…
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In books for kids, boys rule, analysis finds
By Lory Hough A dissertation explores the gendered reading habits of young boys and girls. The more Joseph McIntyre, Ed.M.’10,…
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Book Review: A handy guide to human behavior
By Vikas Datta Title: Hands: What We Do with Them – and Why; Author: Darian Leader; Publisher: Penguin Random House…
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LGBT rights were accepted in ancient India, Section 377 must be repealed: writer Amish Tripathi
By Saket Suman New Delhi–Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises sexual acts “against the order of the…
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Books This Weekend: Of Sikh riots, optimism and history
New Delhi– Read an intensely human and deeply political account of the Sikh riots; learn to value life from an…
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