Category Archives: Book Reviews
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“Do You Have a Quantum Twin?” Ashwin Sanghi’s Latest Thriller Asks [Quint]
A seemingly innocuous job interview with a highly discreet organisation lands a young, quantum physicist in trouble when he is abducted from a busy marketplace in...
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Book Review: How a Man Cycled 22 Days to Reach the Commonwealth Games! [Quint]
When I picked up Nataunki Diaries, it promised to open such urban and rural vistas of India for me as I have never seen – well,...
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An Ode to Bharatanatyam: ‘Rasia’ is a Heady Mix of Love & Jealousy [Quint]
Born and brought up in the United States, ballet dancer, Vatsala Pandit is young, talented and free-spirited. She is also volatile in her temperament and fiercely...
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Their World is Shrouded in Silence: Author of Book on Bar Dancers [Quint]
At thirteen, Munia has just had her first period when her so-called father sells her off to Babulal Dadua, headman of their bedia community – and a pimp. Without...
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Beyond ‘Futbol’ & ‘Mishti’, a ‘Complete’ Book on Bengalis [Quint]
“The Bengali is at once an existentialist delight and nightmare, cast in perpetual drama,” says Sudeep Chakravarti about his people in the introduction of his latest...
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