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Catherine Carver’s ‘Immune’: A book that leaves you fascinated by your own body

Physician Catherine Carver introduces the reader to the defence system of the human body through conversational language and shocking statistics.

This tiny biography of ‘Amma’ tells little about her personal life

The emergence of the Amma phenomenon in Tamil Nadu and the reason behind it do not find any mention in ‘The Empress’

‘Selection Day’ is also about finding one’s place in post-liberalisation urban India

The homosexual overtones seem contrived and dissonant, but provide a certain depth to the novel that would otherwise have been about cricket and unfulfilled aspirations.

‘The Association of Small Bombs’ is a tragedy that is familiar and alien at the same time.

There is nothing grand about this novel, and that is what it makes it all the more unsettling. Mahajan’s attention to details refocuses the readers' attention from an intellectualised understanding of devastation, to a felt experience of it.

‘The Story of a Brief Marriage’ depicts the Sri Lankan Civil War through the lens of the mortal human body

Arudpragasam shows human perseverance and the depth of the mundane. Excreting, touching, eating, sleeping or the lack of it forms the backbone of the novel.

‘In the Jungles of the Night’ reanimates Jim Corbett in the hills of Kumaon

The book is a compelling fictional account of Jim Corbett's life doing justice to the legendary naturalist and conservationist of Nainital.

‘The Living’ is a narrative of loss, of memorisation, and of nostalgia

The Living’ narrates stories of two lives in different ends of the world, tied together in a novel by ‘shoes.’

Rajdeep Sardesai’s ‘Democracy’s XI’: More fan mail than a nuanced book on cricket

Sardesai says his book is a personal choice of 11 individuals who have shaped Indian cricket. But it fails as a chronicle of cricket and its practitioners.

‘Loyal Stalkers’: A captivating read with lively conversations and subtle humour

Chimmi Tenduf-La has, yet again, managed to make the conventional seem anomalous.   “In Colombo, everyone knows everyone and no one can hide,” certainly stands...

About falling in love, growing up, experiencing life and mental illness

Turtles All The Way Down is cautious, careful, and apprehensive. At no point, however, does the novel romanticise mental illness. We live in a time...

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?