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 […]
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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
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If you’re wondering how deep the rot has set into our society, and how autonomous the radicalisation of even the educated sections has become, you have to look no further than the open letter written by 32 assorted retired IFS officers on the 5th of this month in response to an appeal by more than
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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
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I am gradually getting convinced of two things: one, all this ozone rattling by various COPs is getting us nowhere; and two, that economists do not live on the same planet that you and I do. This was brought home to me conclusively last Sunday night when I was listening to Ruchir Sharma being interviewed
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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
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Something curious seems to be happening in my home state, Ulta Pradesh or Attar Pradesh, depending on whether you are standing on your head or breathing deeply in Kannauj. The curious part does not refer to the Yogic Yogi doing the 100 meter sprint behind the Prime Minister’s bullet proof car on some expressway or
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INDIA’S LONG WALK HOME Edited by Ishan Chauhan & Zenaida Cubbinz Published by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. 2021. Rs. 595.00 About once in every generation, an event occurs which is so tectonic in its scope and intensity that it cries out to be chronicled for posterity. Not merely recorded or reported by news media and television
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Mr. Ranjan Gogoi, who earlier graced the Supreme Court and now adds gravitas to the Rajya Sabha ( when it functions, that is, or when he attends it- both of which are seldom) has come out with his statement for the defence in a book titled JUSTICE FOR THE JUDGE. For the last few days
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