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When the British Admiralty chose Cochin as a strategic base on the Far East Route, it was destined to grow – first into a city, and, over time, into a booming metropolis.

In Cochin: Fame and Fables, a writer traces the multi-cultural history of Cochin

November 24, 2024 1:15 pm

The author has traced the saga of how Cochin grew from a cluster of fishing villages to the financial capital of Kerala today – a veritable crucible of cultures, faiths, and dynamism tied together by visionaries

It is such a flavour of serendipitous neighbourliness that animates Sumana Roy’s latest book Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries.

Sumana Roy’s latest The Provincials explores the slow degradation in the quality of attention we pay to people and things around us

October 13, 2024 6:46 am

Who is a provincial, really? The provincial is not a victim, writes Roy, but a more nebulous creature, caught between the town and the metropolis, the colony and the coloniser

Lakshmi Puri Swallowing the Sun, Swallowing the Sun book review

"Change is disquieting for those in positions of power and complacency": Lakshmi Puri

January 26, 2024 3:07 pm

The writer and diplomat on her debut novel, Swallowing the Sun, why young people should be politically engaged, and the theatre and poetry that influenced her prose

Chetna Maroo, Western Lane, Booker Prize shortlist

Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane is a restrained tale of grief, love, and sport

December 06, 2023 4:33 pm

Maroo's tight and disciplined debut could have benefitted from more flourish and freedom

Devika Rege Quarterlife novel, Quarterlife book HarperCollins

How Devika Rege made fiction of New India

November 28, 2023 2:16 pm

The author on her debut novel Quarterlife, the many voices that are needed to bring change, and how young writers are widening the canon

Italian theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli

'If we find evidence that black holes transform into white holes...it would mean that spacetime can also make quantum jumps': Carlo Rovelli

November 23, 2023 7:55 am

The Italian theoretical physicist on how white holes can upend our understanding of the structure of the universe, his new book that traces the ongoing research into their potential and why he is unimpressed with AI

October in Books: What to read next, as per the jury

October 30, 2023 5:31 pm

Apart from the JCB Prize for Literature, three book awards came out with short- and long-lists for literature in translation, business stories, and Indian history. Here’s what the juries chose, and why

javed akhtar, javed akhtar book, talking life, book signing

Lyricist Javed Akhtar opens up about latest book 'Talking Life', AI's impact on art, and more

October 20, 2023 10:57 am

When asked why he didn't write a conventional autobiography, given his prolific writing skills, Javed Akhtar explained that it was "never on the cards".

Five books to read on the Israel-Palestine conflict

October 13, 2023 1:59 pm

Journalists, historians and memoirists have documented the Israel-Palestine conflict extensively. Here is a list of five books.

GN Devy, Tony Joseph and Ravi Korisettar's The Indians offers a nuanced exploration of the complexities of the past

September 09, 2023 10:56 am

At a time when history is contested territory, the book reiterates the pluralities that have shaped it

Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are wanted in the alleged Punjab National Bank fraud case that they allegedly orchestrated through fraudulent Letters of Undertaking in connivance with some bank officials at the Brady House branch in Mumbai.

‘Personal space, adequate light’: India assures Belgium on Mehul Choksi if extradited

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Four months after Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamond trader wanted in India for the alleged Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case, was arrested in Belgium, India sent a letter of assurance to the country’s government, saying it will keep him in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail complex, “if extradited”.

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