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Caste, Merit and a Chat
14 March 2026 11:43 PM ISTIn 'Removed from the WhatsApp', Pankaj Rangari turns a school WhatsApp fallout into a sharp reflection on caste, reservation and the idea of...
A Diary of Defiance
8 March 2026 3:11 AM ISTAnju Rana’s My Tryst with Cancer: A Diary transforms sixteen difficult months of diagnosis, treatment and recovery into an intimate, hopeful and...
Epistle of Moral Courage
1 March 2026 12:56 AM ISTNavtej Sarna’s translation revives Guru Gobind Singh’s Zafarnama, a poetic indictment of Aurangzeb that blends ethics, faith and resistance into a...
From Silence to Assertion
21 Feb 2026 10:07 PM ISTSushila Takbhaure’s autobiography lays bare caste, gender, and poverty, tracing one woman’s struggle for dignity while exposing the enduring...
Panikkar and the Making of Modern Asia
1 Feb 2026 12:53 AM ISTIn Part 2 of this review, Panikkar emerges as a diplomat and strategist, navigating China, Tibet and postcolonial Asia during history’s most fragile...
An Unquiet Intellect
24 Jan 2026 11:22 PM ISTNarayani Basu’s biography of KM Panikkar rescues a formidable, flawed and fascinating intellect—one who shaped India’s diplomacy, ideas and princely...
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...













