book review

Express News Service Ah, the worlds that live beyond the worlds we know; Radhika Iyengar’s Fire on the Ganges takes us into one such. It leads us into the world of the…

Express News Service Who can forget the character of Gabbar Singh, essayed by Amjad Khan in Sholay? The tobacco-chewing, bullet-belt-wearing dacoit, who terrorized the…

Express News Service What exactly is the Kashmir problem? Did it start in 1931 or in October 1947? Why did the kingdom of Kashmir with a Muslim majority population…

By Associated Press LaToya Watkins has surpassed the high bar set by her beautifully crushing debut novel, “Perish,” with a collection of short stories titled…

Express News Service Long-form reporting has a beauty that allows readers to fully immerse themselves in the stories it unfolds. In her new book, Marginlands, Arati…

Express News Service What is caste? The answer is complex, and borrowing a Portuguese word casta to understand India’s multi-layered social fabric doesn’t always help.…

Express News Service Sonora Jha’s book has a definitive personality. It is someone standing in the shadows of an ancient arch looking out at a decidedly un-ancient…

Express News Service The late English writer Martin Amis, in his 1998 Art of Fiction interview for The Paris Review, noted that in a novel, “if the voice doesn’t work,…

Express News Service "The horrors of Macbeth pale beside this tragedy of Sayyid Salim.” This was a murder most foul, where Sayyid Thuwayni, the Sultan of Muscat, was…

Express News Service One of the greatest departures in India’s foreign relations in the post-Cold War era has been the steady yet dramatic improvement in India’s…