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Books News  Radicalism of JudeBleak novels have long been associated with Russian writers. The English equivalent of the sombre novel would be the work of Thomas Hardy. A comedy of manners and Indian migrantsThe novel begins with the sly October wind tearing through Cambridge as our tour guide, starting through a college archway, making several brief and p A spy novel with an identity crisisAccording to author Harinder S Sikka, the novel is inspired by real-life cases of ordinary people who carried out espionage against Pakistan at great Mishaps of a ChatterjeeUnforeseen disasters seem to be the bane of the Chatterjee family; and Abani, the far from heroic hero of the book, is also a victim of these life, bu Power shiftFearful scenarios have also been raised about what the rise of China, a non-democracy, could mean for the future of US power and democracy. Guru Dutt's associate sets the record straightFor most of his working life, Guru Dutt was considered one of the country's better film directors, someone who could deliver hits in various genres. Love in the time of the InquisitionRichard Zimler appears to have made a career of riveting historical mystery. Beware of side effectsThere are few coming-of-age experiences that can rival, in sheer intensity, that of a teenager studying medicine in India. Daughter of the East and the WestIt is difficult to review a book entirely objectively, when it is written by an author I have known (Shyam Bhatia) for quarter of a century. There's something about Maya'Behenji' is a word that evokes an ambiguity. In Hindi it is a term of respect. In colloquial slang it is a term of contempt for a person out of date
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