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‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ is a story of love and loss stuck in limbo

Saunder's novel is set in the Bardo— a liminal space between life and after-life where Abraham Lincoln visits his deceased young son

The Return is a son’s search for his father under Gaddafi’s Libya

The Return by Hisham Matar recounts the author's search for his father, his homeland, and thereby his identity under Gaddafi's rule in Libya.

‘An Unfinished Revolution’ review: shattering stereotypes of Adivasi-Maoist ties

Kishalay Bhattacharjee’s book addresses age-old questions & extracts startling admissions from the Maoist leadership about the degeneration of the movement.

A warrior-scholar’s reflection on national security, strategic culture

AVM Arjun Subramaniam’s book is an inspiration for young officers to delve deeper into issues of security at an intellectual level, beyond physical war-fighting

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.

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I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.