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2025: Books That Shape Perspective
3 Jan 2026 11:23 PM ISTFrom demography to cartography, from tribal politics to representation, and from nationalism to leadership ethics — these six titles deepen...
Memory, Discipline and Growing Up
20 Dec 2025 8:28 PM IST'Charlie’s Boys' is a deeply nostalgic memoir that traces boyhood, discipline and growing up at St Columba’s as India itself moved through profound...
Martyrs, Mahatma and Media
14 Dec 2025 1:32 AM ISTAs India’s freedom struggle entered its most radical phase, revolutionaries, moderates and the press collided—revealing enduring tensions between...
Making of a Defiant Press
6 Dec 2025 11:21 PM ISTIn the first part of this review of Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper, we return to the Lahore-Jalandhar world where a fearless press tradition was born
Folklore from the Roof of India
22 Nov 2025 7:03 PM ISTMona Verma’s The Scent of Himalayas is a luminous collection of 20 stories that traverse the Himalayan arc, blending folklore, ecology, myth and...
Dialogues Across a Century
8 Nov 2025 8:30 PM ISTMakarand Paranjape’s Hindutva and Hind Swaraj seeks to heal India’s fractured historical imagination by exploring how Gandhi and Savarkar, opposites...
A Journey Beyond Runways
1 Nov 2025 7:36 PM ISTIn Above and Beyond, Shiv Kumar Mohanka compiles an extraordinary aviation chronicle — from early air balloons and warplanes to drones and digital...
Tears Behind Triumph
19 Oct 2025 12:59 AM ISTSudhir Vidyarthi’s Bidai De Ma! is not about martyrs, but the women who made them. Through their letters, memories, and silence, he rebuilds the...
Weaving Faith, Love and Change
4 Oct 2025 7:37 PM ISTSoni Pandey’s 'Suno Kabir' captures Azamgarh’s Ibrahimpur—its weaving tradition, fractured Hindu-Muslim ties, and women reshaping identity—portraying...
Rewilding Through a Child’s Eyes
27 Sept 2025 9:04 PM ISTA charming Ladakhi picture book gently explores Pallas’ cats, family bonds, and fragile mountain ecosystems, planting seeds of empathy and ecological...
Grit Beyond the Battlefield
20 Sept 2025 8:00 PM ISTLt Gen Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia’s memoir is a journey of resilience, duty, and leadership — from cadetship setbacks to commanding India’s toughest...
A Tale of Roots, Its Ruin & Renewal
30 Aug 2025 9:05 PM ISTIn this deeply touching novel by Namita Ghokhle, mid-age protagonist Iti Arya retreats from Gurgaon life to her childhood’s Never Never Land in...













