Book Reviews, Launches, Author Interviews, Excerpts

Writer Bhaskar Maiya passes away at 70 in Mangaluru

Special Correspondent

The Kendra Sahitya Akademi awardee was undergoing treatment for the last four days following COVID-19 infection.

Bengaluru

T.S. Shanbhag, owner of legendary Premier Book Shop, passes away

Staff Reporter K.C. Deepika He was hospitalised for a few days and passed away on Tuesday night

Food

Esther David collaborates with Indian Jewish communities to record recipes for ‘Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of the Indian Jews’

Shonali Muthalaly Author Esther David travels across India, collaborating with Jewish communities to learn how to cook traditional, closely guarded recipes for her new book, ‘Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of the Indian Jews’

Hyderabad

recipes Yes, you can dish up a great meal for less than $1, says chef Shankar Krishnamurthy

Prabalika M. Borah Chef Shankar Krishnamurthy’s new pandemic-inspired e-book ‘The $1 Cookbook’ digs into innovation and frugality in home cooking

In Conversation Books

‘There is caste in every corner of this country,’ says Manasa Yendluri

Historical Fiction Books

The begum and her beast: Anil Menon reviews ‘The Begum and the Dastan’ by Tarana Husain Khan

Books

In search of certainties: Review of ‘The Town Slowly Empties: On Life and Culture during Lockdown’ by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

Sreejith Sugunan A compelling examination of the self and the nation under lockdown

Despair: A drought-affected farm in Nashik in 2018.

Books

By the sweat of their brows: Sudipta Datta reviews ‘The Sickle’ by Anita Agnihotri, trs Arunava Sinha

Sudipta Datta Delving into social evils, Anita Agnihotri peels them off, layer by layer

Reviews

‘B.R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice’ review: Scholar of global relevance

D. Shyam Babu A five-volume study reappraises B.R. Ambedkar’s search for justice, his work on drawing up the Constitution, and his four-decade-long fight against caste

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Historical Fiction The begum and her beast: Anil Menon reviews ‘The Begum and the Dastan’ by Tarana Husain Khan

Anil Menon

Cavils apart, this is an immersive novel, remarkable for the thoroughly Muslim world it creates

Books

Memoir In search of certainties: Review of ‘The Town Slowly Empties: On Life and Culture during Lockdown’ by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

Sreejith Sugunan

A compelling examination of the self and the nation under lockdown

Realism Books

Realism By the sweat of their brows: Sudipta Datta reviews ‘The Sickle’ by Anita Agnihotri, trs Arunava Sinha

focus Reviews

focus ‘B.R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice’ review: Scholar of global relevance

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Mangaluru

Writer Bhaskar Maiya passes away at 70 in Mangaluru

Special Correspondent The Kendra Sahitya Akademi awardee was undergoing treatment for the last four days following COVID-19 infection.

Food

Esther David collaborates with Indian Jewish communities to record recipes for ‘Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of the Indian Jews’

Hyderabad

recipes Cook it under $1 with chef Shankar Krishnamurthy

Prabalika M. Borah Chef Shankar Krishnamurthy’s new pandemic-inspired e-book ‘The $1 Cookbook’ digs into innovation and frugality in home cooking

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Writer Bhaskar Maiya passes away at 70 in Mangaluru

T.S. Shanbhag, owner of legendary Premier Book Shop, passes away

Esther David collaborates with Indian Jewish communities to record recipes for ‘Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of the Indian Jews’

recipes Yes, you can dish up a great meal for less than $1, says chef Shankar Krishnamurthy

‘There is caste in every corner of this country,’ says Manasa Yendluri

The begum and her beast: Anil Menon reviews ‘The Begum and the Dastan’ by Tarana Husain Khan

In search of certainties: Review of ‘The Town Slowly Empties: On Life and Culture during Lockdown’ by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

By the sweat of their brows: Sudipta Datta reviews ‘The Sickle’ by Anita Agnihotri, trs Arunava Sinha

‘B.R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice’ review: Scholar of global relevance

International Booker Prize 2021 shortlist announced

Reviews

Historical Fiction The begum and her beast: Anil Menon reviews ‘The Begum and the Dastan’ by Tarana Husain Khan

Memoir In search of certainties: Review of ‘The Town Slowly Empties: On Life and Culture during Lockdown’ by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

Realism By the sweat of their brows: Sudipta Datta reviews ‘The Sickle’ by Anita Agnihotri, trs Arunava Sinha

focus ‘B.R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice’ review: Scholar of global relevance

Authors

Writer Bhaskar Maiya passes away at 70 in Mangaluru

Esther David collaborates with Indian Jewish communities to record recipes for ‘Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of the Indian Jews’

recipes Cook it under $1 with chef Shankar Krishnamurthy

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BOOK EXCERPT Karunanidhi’s defiance

Feeling demotivated? Check out these books brimming with words of wisdom

A cosmos of folklore and myth

‘Ghalib: A Wilderness at my Doorstep’: Fresh insight into Ghalib’s world

‘Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India’ review: A ‘museum’ of forgotten stories from the borderlands

‘Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century’ review: Constellation of words

Musings on the mirage city: Review of ‘The Kolkata Cadence’

Laxman Rao, novelist and playwright, sold chai from his stall in Delhi until the lockdown

Burning hearts: ‘The True History of the Conquest of New Spain’ by Bernal Díaz del Castillo