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Nepal PM Prachanda to embark on 4-day official visit to India on May 31

Nepal PM Prachanda to embark on 4-day official visit to India on May 31

27 May 2023 11:30 AM GMT
Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda' will travel to India on Wednesday on a four-day official visit during which he will hold...
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Chhattisgarh: Woman fights wild boar to save 11-yr-old daughter, dies

Chhattisgarh: Woman fights wild boar to save 11-yr-old daughter, dies

27 Feb 2023 5:57 AM GMT
A courageous woman fought off a wild boar to save her 11-year-old daughter at a farmland in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, forest officials said...
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Supreme Court seeks Centres reply on according statutory status to proposed NECA for conservation of elephants

Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on according statutory status to proposed NECA for conservation of elephants

1 Feb 2023 3:25 PM GMT
Pakistan's deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday held former spy master Gen Faiz Hamid responsible for the...
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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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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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Curtailing autonomy & eliminating personhood
"Fearless Freedom" | Curtailing autonomy & eliminating personhood

Author: Kavita Krishnan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 299

To call Kavita Krishnan’s Fearless Freedom radical would be regressive given her brutal account of...

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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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A slice of society
"Kali’s Daughter" | A slice of society

Author: Raghav Chandra

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Price: 650

On the surface, this is a story – and an engaging one, at that – of a young girl from a small town...

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Twirling to tradition
"Dancing in the Family" | Twirling to tradition

Author: Sukanya Rahman

Publisher: Speaking Tiger

Price: 399

For some, dance is passion; for some others, its a way of life while yet others, find it...

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Morarji Desai: A Profile in Courage
"Of many Shades" | Morarji Desai: A Profile in Courage

Author: Arvindar Singh

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 650

It is now 24 years since Morarji Desai passed away, on 10 April 1995. The younger generation may not...

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BRIDGING GENDER DISPARITY
"Sex-Selective Abortion and the State" | BRIDGING GENDER DISPARITY

Author: Bijayalaxmi Nanda

Publisher: Har-Anand Publication

Price: 795

Bijayalaxmi Nanda is a well-known academician in India who has worked extensively on women’s rights...

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NOT JUST A CANCER MEMOIR
"Close to the Bone" | NOT JUST A CANCER MEMOIR

Author: Lisa Ray

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 599

“My cancer which I jokingly call The Caner (you have to laugh or as they say, you’ll die) – is a...

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Slices of India
"The Assassination of Indira Gandhi: The Collected Stories" | Slices of India

Author: Upamanyu Chatterjee

Publisher: Speaking Tiger

Price: 699

Sandwiched within the provocatively titled book, The Assassination of Indira Gandhi, Upamanyu...

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Entangled in fatal lust
"Shehla Masood : The Murder that Shook the Nation" | Entangled in fatal lust

Author: Hemender Sharma

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 499

If an urban woman with ‘modern’ sophistication and a ‘questioning’ attitude is killed in our...

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Raw, gritty and highly engaging

"The Informer" | Raw, gritty and highly engaging

Director: Andrea Di Stefano;

Star Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen, Common, Ana De Armas, Arturo Crasto, Eugene Lipinski

Directed by Andrea Di Stefano and adapted from Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström’s best-selling...

Sensitive but soppy

"The Sky Is Pink" | Sensitive but soppy

Director: Shonali Bose

Star Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim

The statutory note first: Don’t forget a box of tissues. Sky, pink or white – take your pick in...

‘Posham Pa’ doesn’t tempt us to invest in its scummy characters

"Posham Pa" | ‘Posham Pa’ doesn’t tempt us to invest in its scummy characters

Director: Suman Mukhopadhyay

Star Cast: Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta, Ragini Khanna

It is heartbreaking to see how much Sayani Gupta and Mahie Gill have invested into their characters...

A tribute to the era of 80’s

"Pranaam" | A tribute to the era of 80’s

Director: Sanjiv Jaiswal

Star Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Sameksha Singh, Vikram Gokhle

The Eighties films in Bollywood were all about revenge and drama, when the hero-turned-villain was...

Emotionally engaging but cliched

"A Dog’s Journey" | Emotionally engaging but cliched

Director: Gail Mancuso

Star Cast: Kathryn Prescott, Abby Ryder Fortson, Emma Volk, Josh Gad, Betty Gilpin, Marg Helgenberger, Henry Lau, Dennis Quaid, Ian Chen, Jake Manley, Daniela Barbosa and Conrad Coates

What happens when an elastic band gets stretched? It snaps, right? That’s exactly what happens while...

Powerful and compelling

"City Of Dreams" | Powerful and compelling

Director: Nagesh Kukunoor

Star Cast: Priya Bapat, Sidharth Chandekar, Eijaz Khan and Vishwas Kini

What starts off seeming to be a take-off on Mani Ratnam’s most recent political drama Chekka...

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...

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...

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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