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Rawlsian Relay
Aresh Shirali
Amartya Sen declares the Ideal State useless. But four months on, its resilience as an idea begins to intrigue
Uncivil Lines
Sex, Goa, wild elephants and last but not the least, Khushwant Singh in his element. These are just some of the features that give this anthology a quixotic, rogue appeal.
Fallen Apart
Journalist Kingshuk Nag has wasted little time in putting together an account of Ramalinga Raju’s dubious deeds.
Portrait of a City
Restless, fevered even, and awash with the portend of impending doom, Theroux’s latest is difficult to put down or forget.
The Thorough Mr Theroux
Paul Theroux on his latest novel set in Calcutta, on how Naipaul ‘oversimplified the city in one of his belittling books’, on why you can never trust writers...
The President is Gone
In this book, six Indian candidates have a shot at shaking W’s hand. Who will win?
The Lost Tribe
This graphic novel is a satire on modern life, and what greed does to human beings and all that comes in their way
Chewing on It in Pushkar
Away from the more famous ongoing cattle fest, Pushkar’s first literature festival left ample mental fodder to chew on.
Beyond Carrot and Stick
This book by veteran US diplomat Howard B Schaffer underlines the point of American intervention in Kashmir
Delicious Reading
Dig into these food diaries on things as diverse as war-time cooking and the contents of Frida Kahlo’s lunch boxes
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