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And Then There was One

Aastha Atray Banan

At last, there is someone to satisfy an Agatha Christie aficionado’s longing for old school whodunits—Japanese author Keigo Higashino

That Bird in the Bush

This compilation of the late M Krishnan’s Statesman column is a worthy companion for your evening tea on the balcony as you watch that little winged fellow hop around

Nayar’s Believe It or Not

Kuldip Nayar’s memoirs, really a personalised history of contemporary India, are a good read. But his apologies and retractions since its publication do justice neither to his book nor his reputation as a journalist

LG Optimus 3D Max

This phone performs well in 2D, but will disappoint 3D sophisticates

Plantronics BackBeat Go

An all-in-one Bluetooth handsfree kit that needs to be charged twice a day

Poet of the Paddyfields

Hiren Bhattacharyya, the Assamese poet who recently passed away, was a rare writer whose works are taught from high school to university

Philips Air Fryer

Here’s how you can fry food with 80 per cent less oil. And no spills or fumes either

Sony Alpha SLT-A57K

An extremely fast DSLR with several features of a point-and-shoot camera

‘There will never be another don like Dawood’

In a short conversation, writer S Hussain Zaidi offers an insight into the relevance of the underworld now that terrorists have given a new meaning to ‘crime’.

Gangs of Mumbai

Dawood’s Rampuri knife as his first weapon, a love affair that led to a bitter fight with a Christian gang, and other such nuggets on the Mumbai mafia. In all, a thrilling read

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