Book Reviews

  Jawaharlal Nehru University is an idea which is dreamy and irreverent, challenges the stereotypes, breaks traditional moorings, is Leninist in its thought process but Gandhian in ethos and that makes it mystical and intriguing, and, in certain ways, spiritual. For an outsider, JNU is intimidating but for someone who has lived on the campus […]

“Dekhta hoon tujhe…” those three ominous words were uttered by Uttar Pradesh’s then newly appointed chief minister Yogi Adityanath to Kafeel Khan, the junior most lecturer at the Department of Pediatrics at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur on August 13, 2017. (In the book the three words are translated to ‘I will

In ‘A Taste of My Life: A Memoir in Essays and Recipes’, Chitrita Banerji dives into the crunchy socio-political and interpersonal dynamics that give each of our lives texture. Nehmat Kaur 23/JAN/2022 There’s widespread derision on the internet for long personal anecdotes that precede actual recipes on food blogs. The scene is almost always one

Shashank Shekhar Sinha’s ‘Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri’ catches you by the collar and takes you around familiar sites once again, leaving you with a brand new perspective.     Shashank Shekhar Sinha Pan Macmillan India 299 pages; Rs 999 (Rs 427 online) Check this book out on Amazon When you first lay your hands on

By Saif Khalid Published On 2 Nov 20212 Nov 2021 India’s northeastern state of Assam drew the attention of international media in August 2019, when a citizens’ register excluded nearly two million residents, effectively rendering them stateless. The National Register of Citizens (NRC), a labyrinthine bureaucratic exercise carried out under the supervision of India’s Supreme Court, was aimed

A new book by an Indian writer explores the origin of Japan’s bizarre quirks from singing toilets to poisonous hot pot meals. Despite secreting a neurotoxin that’s certified thousand times more poisonous than cyanide, the Fugu or puffer fish is a sought after luxury food in Japan. Pic/Getty Images In her new book, Orienting: An