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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Afterword

The Windfall book review: Diksha Basu’s social satire lacks bite and insight

The Windfall tells the story of a middle class family suddenly coming into money, but it remains stuck in the quagmire of stereotypes.

‘The Golden House’ is Rushdie’s twisted retelling of Dostoevsky’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov’

Stacked like a neat game of Tetris, 'The Golden House' sticks true to Salman Rushdie's whimsical style of writing.  

How a British Indian soldier viewed India-China relations

Self-published by Thakur Gadadhar Singh in 1902, English translation of ‘Chin Me Terah Mas’ will be released in October

When Mahatma Gandhi justified the stopping of a cricket match

Mahatma Gandhi was once asked if a cricket tournament should be allowed to go on and his answer showed how why he ended up influencing the sport at the time.

‘Evolving with Subramanian Swamy’ repaints him as a wronged man

The reader doesn’t come away with a deep understanding of the man who likes to create a tempest wherever he goes.

‘Looking Back’: Filling in the gaps of Partition

With a mix of fiction and non-fiction, including some brilliant Bangla stories never translated into English, the book tries to present a holistic view of Partition.

Shyam Saran’s book is an insight into the compulsions and motivations in our foreign policy

The book “How India Sees The World” traces the roots of Indian quest for multipolarity in and strategic autonomy to Kautilya and Kamandaki.

‘Letters from Kargil’: A fresh perspective that humanises the faceless soldier

Diksha Dwivedi’s book shares letters from soldiers to their kin during the 1999 Kargil War, sometimes even moments before death.

James Tooley’s book exposes the barbarism of Indian prisons and justice system

James Tooley is a British professor who was put in an Indian prison for four months on false charges because a colleague in his...

ThePrint joins Indian Novels Collective as its digital partner

ThePrint joins the Indian Novel Collective as its digital partner to bring non-English Indian novels to English readers.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?