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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicBook worm

Topic: Book worm

Muhammad Yunus on what he does best: removing poverty, unemployment and carbon emission

Debabrata Pal -
There might be differences of opinion regarding the internal functioning and structures of microfinance institution but it is hard to deny its positive impact in reducing poverty.

‘The Bengalis’ does a thing that books of its kind rarely do: criticise the Bengalis

Neera Majumdar -
Sudeep Chakravarti's mammoth undertaking to trace the Bengalis from its genesis to now results in a detailed, intriguing, and confounding book.

Mark Tully’s ‘Upcountry Tales’: Between the journalistic and the cinematic

Shantam Goyal -
The book is British-Indian journalist Mark Tully’s second run-in with fiction, and the stories are all tied to Rajiv Gandhi’s India – the late 1980s.

History in incubation: forgotten tales retold

Asad Rahim Khan -
There is no greater vehicle for high drama, low farce, and ultimate tragedy, than the relationship between Pakistan and India.

A Resurgence of Husain Ila Pal’s “Husain: Portrait of an Artist” only further canonises the artist

Namrata Chhabria -
The book sparkles because of the material the author had access to and makes Husain a consumable superstar.

Tom Hanks can be anything, even an author

Nayanika Chatterjee -
‘Uncommon Type’ is a book of 18 short stories which provides a comfort read, preferably in bed with Chinese take-out.

Gabriel Tallent’s ‘My Absolute Darling’ is a deliciously dark and heartrending novel

Vandana Menon -
Tallent’s debut novel about a child growing up in isolation and then finding herself keeps the reader within its pages days after putting it down. 

‘The Last Battle of Saraighat’ is a battle half-won

Jayanta Kalita -
Rajat Sethi & Shubhrastha’s book eulogises the BJP’s victory in Assam, but fails to capture the truepicture of the Northeast and its complex issues.

The Sick of History: A Review of Sing, Unburied, Sing

Shantam Goyal -
Jesmyn Ward’s haunting control over language, like the stench of history, remains lodged under the reader’s skin. 

Jasoda: Kiran Nagarkar’s stark narrative is a sight for sore eyes 

Katyayini Singh -
Jasoda traces the journey undertaken by the titular character and her children for survival in the face of patriarchy and gut wrenching poverty.
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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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