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“Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF, Vol 1” by Gautam Bhatia

25 09 , 2025 No Comments

I read this anthology. I interviewed Gautam Bhatia for TOI Bookmark. Here is a snippet from the conversation: I, of course, have been a long-time
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“The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel” by Kiran Desai

Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai’s latest novel is The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel. It is published by Penguin Random House India. It
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“Running behind Lakshmi: The Search for Wealth in India’s Stock Market” by Adil Rustomjee

20 09 , 2025 No Comments

This book came in the post today. Flipping through it, there is a lot of history and plenty of technical jargon, but it is obvious
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“The Call of Music: 8 Stories of Hindustani Musicians” by Priya Purushothaman

20 09 , 2025 No Comments

The Call of Music: 8 Stories of Hindustani Musicians ( Hachette India) is gorgeous. It is accessible to even the non-Indian classical music listener. More
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“Animal Tales from India” by Chesta Wadhwani and “Tales from the Panchatantra” by Seher Beg. Both, illustrated by Nayan Bose.

19 09 , 2025 No Comments

Step into a world where animals talk, trick and teach, where tiny sparrows dream of the big sea and little parrots take on mighty fires.
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“The Lion of Naushera” by Ziya Us Salam and Anand Mishra

19 09 , 2025 No Comments

Within weeks of India gaining independence, Kashmir resembled a battlefield because of Pakistan’s repeated incursions to capture the Muslim-dominated princely state. Towering among the soldiers
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“1975: The Year That Transformed Bollywood” by Pratik Majumdar

19 09 , 2025 No Comments

The year 1975 to Bollywood is what 1939 is to Hollywood – the greatest year in film history of the respective industries. Sholay, Deewaar, Pratiggya, Aandhi,
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“When the Going was Good: An editor’s adventures during the last golden age of magazines” by Graydon Carter

18 09 , 2025 No Comments

I had just started reading this magnificent memoir when the news broke of actor Robert Redford’s passing on 16 Sept 2025. What is the connection
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Avtar Singh’s “Into the Forest” and “The Pretenders”

17 09 , 2025 No Comments

Avtar Singh is an internationally published author and magazine editor. He was the founding editor of Time Out Delhi and was most recently managing editor
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Manish Gaekwad: “Nautch Boy: A memoir of my life in the Kothas” and “The Last Courtesan: Writing My Mother’s Memoir”

09 09 , 2025 No Comments

Manish Gaekwad was the only child of a courtesan, so he grew up in the kothas or a brothel. Courtesans would be defined as prostitutes
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