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Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Topic: Crime fiction

Park Street to RG Kar case—Kolkata is ripe for crime novels. Women detectives are in demand

At a panel discussion titled ‘Crafting Crime Stories’, authors Suhit Sen, Kumar Kinshuk, and Prasun Roy among others discussed the fiction genre at the first Kolkata Crime Writers’ Festival.

General MM Naravane’s first book is military fiction. Autobiography still stuck in red tape

The book encapsulates the former COAS’ philosophy as a military leader, he told ThePrint. 'In the name of honour, you should not sweep things under the carpet, or gloss over. You have to come clean.'

This crime reporter turned his notes into a novel. ‘Exactly how a post-mortem is written’

Madhulika Liddle said she showed the novel to her father, an IPS officer who was all praise for its post-mortem scene. 'That’s the level of diligence Sengupta has brought to his book.'

A Moradabad-born hakim’s love for Sherlock Holmes and English gave birth to Urdu crime fiction

In 'Urdu Crime Fiction 1890–1950’, author CM Naim writes how Urdu readers in India were introduced to the adventurous tales of Sherlock Holmes by Muhammad Muhsin Faruqi.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

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?