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Exploring tales of chemistry: The foundational books, including fiction

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  "I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and...

‘Tomb of Sand’ becomes first Hindi novel to win Booker Prize

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  Geetanjali Shree’s Ret Samadhi, translated to English by Daisy Rockwell as Tomb of Sand, is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize. It...

6 books about the climate crisis that offer hope

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  Coral bleaching, floods, bushfire, biodiversity decline and extinction – as we witness the effects of climate change, amid a stream of reports warning of...

Kasturba Gandhi’s diary brings her voice to the foreground of history

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  A century-and-a-half after her birth, "The Lost Diary of Kastur, My Ba" (HarperCollins) by her great-grandson Tushar Gandhi finally presents Kasturba as her own...

Emie Roy’s ‘The Light at the End of the Tunnel’

Rajni Anand Luthra -
  The most poignant stories in new anthology The Light at the End of the Tunnel, a book of pandemic reflections, are those that are...

Three new books by Sydney Srinivas

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  In a wonderful hattrick, Sydney-based writer Dr Karkenahalli (Sydney) Srinivas launched three books this month. These include Charles Darwin, a biography in English (Prism Book...

Long reads. Or, big fat books

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  Many online articles (this one included) tell you upfront the time it will take to read them. This feature is a telling indictment of our...

Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’ 1st translation from Hindi in Booker Prize shortlist

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  Critically acclaimed author Geetanjali Shree‘s novel Tomb of Sand, translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, has been shortlisted for this year‘s International Booker...

A new book on optimising the military’s disaster responses

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  The Australian Defence Force has had a busy few years on the home front, stepping in to assist after the Black Summer bushfires, helping...

Ishan Khosla wins Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize for ‘Kintsugi’

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  'Kintsugi' is the ancient Japanese art of mending broken objects with gold, and designer Ishan Khosla has delicately woven this concept into the jacket...

Love and its recent Indian literary manifestations

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  Love is the most cherished, yet complex, not to mention a much misunderstood, human emotion. It can make one person break out in song...

Metronama by Rashmi Sadana: Of Delhi life, through Delhi Metro

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  When an urban anthropologist from a top US university casts her trained eye on the Delhi Metro and goes into its social dimensions and...
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