“The Penguin Book of Poems on the Indian City: A Poetic Journey Through 37 Indian Cities, Exploring Their Stories, Struggles, and Spirit”, Edited by Bilal Moin

15 08 , 2025 No Comments
Economist Bilal Moin’s ambitious project of creating The Penguin Book of Poems on the Indian City: A Poetic Journey Through 37 Indian Cities, Exploring Their
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“Great Eastern Hotel” by Ruchir Joshi

15 08 , 2025 No Comments
Ruchir Joshi spent twenty-five years writing this novel. It is meant to be read in the leisurely manner that it seems to have been written
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An excerpt from Mr. N. K. Mukarji’s oral history

14 08 , 2025 No Comments
My maternal grandfather was the last ICS officer. He belonged to the Punjab cadre. I recall his telling us accounts of him as a young
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“The Piano Player of Budapest” by Roxanne de Bastion

13 08 , 2025 No Comments
This is a story about a piano and its most prodigious player — how it, along with him, survived. When her father died, singer songwriter
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How to Live – A Handbook of Stoic Philosophy: Discourses and The Enchiridion by Epictetus

13 08 , 2025 No Comments
Epictetus, a luminary in the realm of Stoic philosophy, first saw the light of day as a slave in the ancient city of Hierapolis, Phrygia,
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“The Land in Winter” by Andrew Miller

13 08 , 2025 No Comments
Andrew Miller is longlisted for The Booker Prize 2025. His novel, “The Land in Winter”, is a gorgeous historical fiction set in the terrible winter
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Kofta curry recipe

11 08 , 2025 No Comments
I do not have a standard recipe. I merely recall watching it being made at home. It was a dish we had regularly. It is
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Books banned by J&K state government

07 08 , 2025 No Comments
The following notice was issued by the government of India on 5 Aug 2025. According to The Statesman (6 Aug 2025): The administration has directed
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“The Hiroshima Men: The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It” by Iain MacGregor 

06 08 , 2025 No Comments
Today is the eightieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Every time I have to teach the undergraduates, I give them John Hersey’s essay,
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My great-grandmother / Badi Dadi

05 08 , 2025 No Comments
My mother, Shobhana Bhattacharji, posted this on Facebook yesterday (5 Aug 2025). It is about my great-grandmother or Badi Dadi as we called her. Shobhana
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