Books
From timeless classics to contemporary gems, explore a vast collection of books that cater to every taste and curiosity.
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Is the ‘will to live’ cultivated? Manoranjan Byapari’s new book answers in affirmative
“It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death–ought to decide, indeed, to earn one’s death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible…
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A nuanced narrative and beyond
By Dayem Mohammad Ansari The acumen of Shafey Kidwai doesn’t let him stay where the road ends. The seeker inside him not only jumps over the ditch but also succeeds in finding…
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A new book chronicles Institute of Public Enterprise’s history
The ‘New Education Policy’ and ‘The Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiatives have been launched for the sustainable development of India by the Government of India. For this to happen, India needs robust institutions. In this…
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Review: Raza Mir’s book attempts to answer who Muhammad Iqbal truly was
In a recent column, thought leader Tavleen Singh could not have been more astounded that a BJP’s spokeswoman’s anti-Muslim vitriol was supplemented by the first verse from the couplet below. “Kuch baat hai ki…
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What is home? Adhir Biswas’ ‘Memories of Arrival’ presents an odd answer
Borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish us from them. A border is a dividing line, a narrow strip along a steep edge. A…
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Memory, Archive Female Desire, and Beyond
Shafey Kidwai Does the yearning for sensuous pleasure invalidated by the social norms, cultural practices and the canon of public morality denote a means for reconciling with unpredictable, paradoxical and quotidian strands…
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Talmiz Ahmad writes an informative, engaging book on West Asia; says it is at war with itself
Talmiz Ahmad, a veteran foreign affairs expert and a former senior diplomat, has come up with a book, WEST ASIA AT WAR–Repression, Resistance and Great Power Games, which has begun to create…
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Why do you fear my way so much? A review of GN Saibaba’s poetry collection
Two nights ago, I thought back to the time I skimmed through a 2018 Guardian article titled “Skim reading is the new normal”. As it always goes with google searches, an unexplained…
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Brandon Sanderson’s secret novels are the biggest kickstarter of 2022
Brandon Sanderson’s kickstarter of his four secret novels has turned into the biggest kickstarter campaign of 2022. Last checked, the kickstarter had 1,27,073 backers and keeps growing by the minute. So far…
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Rahman’s book on contribution of Muslims in freedom movement is praiseworthy effort
Syed Ubadidur Rahman has been doing exceptional work highlighting the contributions of the Indian Muslims in nation’s freedom movement. His latest book Biographical Encyclopedia of Indian Muslim Freedom Fighters is making headlines.…
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Love: unfettered longing and beyond
Shafey Kidwai Since time gone by, humans have been enchanted by something that defies exclusivity of body and the spirit simultaneously and deflates the myth that cause-and-effect shape human thoughts and action.…
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Book Review: Revisiting past debates in fraught times
Talmiz Ahmad In these highly polarised times in India, when the ruling dispensation is questioning and reordering almost every idea and institution that has defined the country since Independence, it is not…
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Film songs of India and Pakistan: A book to treasure –– about a treasury
Javed Jabbar The film songs of Pakistan and India which first emerged about 90 years ago with “Alam Ara” in 1931 and particularly those produced in the four decades from the 1940s…