Book Reviews, Launches, Author Interviews, Excerpts

This cover image released by W.W. Norton shows ‘Philip Roth: The Biography,’ by Blake Bailey.

Philip Roth biography, pulled last month, has new publisher

For book industry watchers, the Skyhorse announcement was not a major surprise.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo disclosed on May 17, 2021 that he was paid a $3.1 million advance to write his COVID-19 leadership book last year and under his publishing contract will make another $2 million on the memoir over the next two years. (File Photo)

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Andrew Cuomo discloses he could earn $5.1 million from book on pandemic leadership

AP The book largely recounts the Governor's once-daily press conferences on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tamil Nadu

Eminent Tamil writer Ki Rajanarayanan is no more

B. Kolappan In his young age, Ki.Ra suffered from poor health and was afflicted by tuberculosis.

Reflections: Henri Matisse’s oil, ‘Woman before an Aquarium’.

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She’s leaving home: Review of Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Whereabouts’

Anusua Mukherjee Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest is a sharp, unapologetic novel, which makes no attempt to please

Thought for Food Food

Old flames: There’s more to fire than just the role it plays in cooking

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‘Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India’ review: A sense of disillusionment

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Setting them free: Review of ‘A Red-necked Green Bird’ by Ambai, trs G.J.V. Prasad

Deepa Ganesh Psychologically candid stories that capture the uncertainties of the mind

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When the sky poured acid: Review of ‘How Beautiful We Were’ by Imbolo Mbue

Sudhirendar Sharma Both a powerful polemic and a nuanced exploration of human nature

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‘Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy’ review: Ways and means to navigate a democratic and social polity

G. Sampath A historian attempts to re-brand the RSS by foregrounding its humanitarian work while ring-fencing it from links with sectarian violence

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Experimental fiction She’s leaving home: Review of Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Whereabouts’

Anusua Mukherjee

Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest is a sharp, unapologetic novel, which makes no attempt to please

Reviews

‘Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India’ review: A sense of disillusionment

Soma Basu

Ghazala Wahab explains what it is to be a Muslim, a member of the largest religious minority in India today, and why the community lives in fear as prejudices persist

Short Stories Books

Short Stories Setting them free: Review of ‘A Red-necked Green Bird’ by Ambai, trs G.J.V. Prasad

Ecofiction Books

Ecofiction When the sky poured acid: Review of ‘How Beautiful We Were’ by Imbolo Mbue

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Tamil Nadu

Eminent Tamil writer Ki Rajanarayanan is no more

B. Kolappan In his young age, Ki.Ra suffered from poor health and was afflicted by tuberculosis.

Books

Bhaskar Chattopadhyay talks about his latest novel

Mini Anthikad Chhibber The author's fourth whodunit, 'Best Served Cold', is set in a beautiful tea estate in the Dooars region of Bengal

Assamese writer and journalist Homen Borgohain | Photo credit: Facebook

Other States

Assamese litterateur Homen Borgohain passes away at 88

Special Correspondent The Sahitya Akademi awardee was discharged from the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital on May 7 after testing negative for COVID-19

Philip Roth biography, pulled last month, has new publisher

Andrew Cuomo discloses he could earn $5.1 million from book on pandemic leadership

Eminent Tamil writer Ki Rajanarayanan is no more

She’s leaving home: Review of Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Whereabouts’

Old flames: There’s more to fire than just the role it plays in cooking

‘Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India’ review: A sense of disillusionment

Setting them free: Review of ‘A Red-necked Green Bird’ by Ambai, trs G.J.V. Prasad

When the sky poured acid: Review of ‘How Beautiful We Were’ by Imbolo Mbue

‘Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy’ review: Ways and means to navigate a democratic and social polity

International Booker Prize 2021 shortlist announced

Reviews

Experimental fiction She’s leaving home: Review of Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Whereabouts’

‘Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India’ review: A sense of disillusionment

Short Stories Setting them free: Review of ‘A Red-necked Green Bird’ by Ambai, trs G.J.V. Prasad

Ecofiction When the sky poured acid: Review of ‘How Beautiful We Were’ by Imbolo Mbue

Authors

Eminent Tamil writer Ki Rajanarayanan is no more

Bhaskar Chattopadhyay talks about his latest novel

Assamese litterateur Homen Borgohain passes away at 88

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Andrew Cuomo discloses he could earn $5.1 million from book on pandemic leadership

Philip Roth biography, pulled last month, has new publisher

Eminent Tamil writer Ki Rajanarayanan is no more

‘Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India’ review: A sense of disillusionment

‘The Forts of Rajasthan’ review: Sonar Kella and other forts

‘Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy’ review: Ways and means to navigate a democratic and social polity

Old flames: There’s more to fire than just the role it plays in cooking

Setting them free: Review of ‘A Red-necked Green Bird’ by Ambai, trs G.J.V. Prasad

When the sky poured acid: Review of ‘How Beautiful We Were’ by Imbolo Mbue