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‘Factfulness’ will challenge the way you perceive the world and various facts

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates called this ‘one of the most important books’ he’s ever read.  The book Factfulness moots the issue of ‘negative perception’ and points out the...

Cyber Sexy: My first tryst with understanding porn

Richa Kaul Padte is precise and unflinching as she attempts to debunk a number of popular beliefs around pornography.

Book on Qandeel Baloch reveals how her sexuality both intrigued & disgusted Pakistan

‘The sensational life & death of Qandeel Baloch’ takes readers through the life of the Pakistan diva killed for trying to live on her own terms.

Sarina Kamini’s book Spirits in a Spice Jar is contrary to Kashmir’s finger-licking food

The Kashmiri Pandit author's account turns out to be nothing more than a glorified cookbook.

‘Who Owns that Song?’: How a Tamil poet’s works became the first to be nationalised

A.R. Venkatachalapathy book is a racy read that narrates the legal drama behind bringing Subramania Bharati's works to the public.

16 women reclaim their position in the world, one graphic story at a time

The Elephant in the Room may just be one of the most beautiful reads to order right now. An assembly of graphic stories in which women draw their world, this book is a collectible.

Finally, an account of the glamour world that stitches an accurate narrative

Mannequin: Working Women in India’s Glamour Industry manages to avoid the traditional trap of pitting feminists and the glamour industry against each other.

In latest biography, Chamling might as well be Midas — everything he touches turns to gold

Pawan Chamling: Champion of Social Justice is an unbridled paean to the five-time Sikkim chief minister bereft of any critical outlook.

Boria Majumdar’s ‘Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians’ gives us no new answers

There are gaps aplenty in Boria Majumdar’s Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians, which should disappoint those looking for an insider’s perspective on Indian cricket.

‘Rereading Tagore’ manifests a retired professor’s adulation for the literary giant

Amiya Dev’s ode to Tagore revisits his known work, and some unknown, all the while increasing your thirst to read these pieces unabridged

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English didn’t enslave India. It was the harbinger of a new creative consciousness: A Ranganathan

Rabindranath Tagore stood apart from his contemporaries by infusing poetry and universalism into Indian nationalism, opposing chauvinism and blind obedience, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.