Book Review
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Understanding John Rebus
Understanding John Rebus may be the most challenging thing in modern-day literary fiction. Continue reading
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Book review: A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
All the characters in the book are modelled powerfully, and the introspection that Krishan undertakes on a regular basis to find out for himself where his heart lies is what forms the crux of the story. Continue reading
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Book review: The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer
This book takes one on voyages that only an artist extremely capable of painting images with his words can deliver. Continue reading
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Book review: Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
Lyrical and flowing, Whereabouts is a piece of work that can be construed both as a novel and a piece of non-fiction. Continue reading
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Book Review: Dharmic Nation by N. Jagannathan
Mr Jagannathan thoroughly disagrees with the fact that religious minorities in India need to be offered protection or rights that are in accordance with their socioeconomic standing. Continue reading
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Book Review: The Republic of Hindutva by Badri Narayan
The Congress, or any party that remains on tenterhooks with the BJP, says Narayan, is fighting with an idea of the RSS which has grown old. Continue reading
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Book Review: The Indian Conservative by Jaithirth Rao
An ideology which focuses on individualism perhaps much more than pure leftist or pure rightist philosophies do. Continue reading
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Book Review: Home in the World by Amartya Sen
There can hardly be a more well-read intellectual that the English-speaking world has seen. Continue reading
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Book Review: ANNAPURNA
Maurice Herzog’s Annapurna is a mountaineering classic. Written with utmost precision regarding all the hardships that were encountered by his team, this book is different from other books in the same genre in a manner that is quite pleasing. It is not too overbearing with mountaineering lingo, and can be understood very well even by those Continue reading
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Book Review: CRY FREEDOM
Cry Freedom by John Briley is one of those books which force you to question the very existence of the human race. Dealing with the themes of hope, friendship, expectation and betrayal set upon the background of the Apartheid regime in South Africa, Cry Freedom tells the real-life story of an unlikely friendship between Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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