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  'Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul' is a map of memory's landscape

  Books & Culture | December 16, 2019 15:00 IST

  Author Taran Khan's 'Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul', published recently by Penguin Random House India captures the Afghan capital through the writer's eyes, who has been spending time there since 2006, and reveals a fragile city in a state of flux: Stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace, a shape-shifting place governed by age-old codes, but experimenting with new modes of living.

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  New book examines caste interplay in Mumbai dance bar ban

  Books & Culture | December 05, 2019 15:56 IST

  The ban on women dancing in bars in Mumbai is an example of the 'caste governance' of our times and the Maharashtra government may be considered as working toward maintaining the proper caste order in the upheaval caused by globalisation, a scholarly work on the subject says.

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  Had to make strong statement on present times, says the author of 'A Delhi Obsession', M.G. Vassanji

  Books & Culture | December 02, 2019 18:56 IST

  Award winning Canadian author M.G. Vassanji says he has ended his new novel, "A Delhi Obsession", abruptly because he wanted to make a "strong statement" on the present day happenings in India.

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  Chinese artist writes book using only emoticons. Dare to read?

  Trending | April 25, 2019 12:01 IST

  Book from the Ground includes 24 chapters narrated using visual icons.

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  Atalji wanted to give Venkaiah Naidu a ministry: PM Modi on VP's book launch

  Politics | September 02, 2018 12:56 IST

  We all know that Venkaiah Naiduji has a way with words. He is a wonderful speaker, be it in English or Telugu: PM

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  Master your memory with this new book

  Books & Culture | July 09, 2018 7:01 IST

  The book highlights on how to overcome absent-mindedness and memory loss. 

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  Pakistan Army summons former ISI chief Asad Durrani over book co-authored with ex-RAW chief AS Dulat

  World | May 26, 2018 13:06 IST

  Durrani will be asked to explain his position on views attributed to him in the book 'Spy Chronicles', Pakistan Army spokesperson Maj. Gen Asif Ghafoor said.

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  Donald Trump did not want to be US president: Book

  World | January 04, 2018 12:59 IST

  The book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" written by Michael Wolff, claims that the ultimate goal of Trump was never to win.

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  This is how Karan Johar shuts trolls on Twitter

  Bollywood | June 07, 2017 19:31 IST

  To all the victims of trolling, keep calm and listen to how Karan Johar deals with the trolls.

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  ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl’, a book on her life

  Bollywood | February 16, 2017 18:26 IST

  After his pictorial book on actress Hema Malini, author-columnist Ram Kamal Mukherjee, has penned a new book, showcasing Dream Girl’s incredible journey from an actor, a dancer and filmmaker to a politician. The book will

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  Abdul Kalam wanted to witness Mangalyaan Launch, reveals book

  India | December 08, 2016 18:54 IST

  The quite adored former President A P J Abdul Kalam had to leave Bengaluru a day prior Mangalyaan mission's dispatch on September 24, 2014 with "childlike reluctance" as he needed to address a university convocation,

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  Lucky day! This is what happened when a hawker tried selling Shilpa Shetty's book to the actress herself

  Bollywood | October 07, 2016 16:46 IST

  Shilpa Shetty, the gorgeous actresses-turned-author of her recently penned book ‘The Great Indian Diet’, was in for quite a surprise when a roadside hawker happened to try and sell the book to the actress herself.

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  PM Narendra Modi to release book on Banda Singh Bahadur in Delhi

  India | July 03, 2016 12:05 IST

  New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a book on Sikh military commander Banda Singh Bahadur to mark the 300th anniversary of his martyrdom today. "The Prime Minister will release a book and souvenir on

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  Gujarat court refuses to ban a book mocking PM Narendra Modi citing Article 19

  Politics | June 30, 2016 11:39 IST

  Ahmedabad: A court here has dismissed a suit seeking a ban on the sale of a Gujarati book in which author Jayesh Shah, a Congress leader, has allegedly mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Civil

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  E-book tablet to be launched to popularise Mahatma Gandhi's books

  India | June 14, 2016 18:29 IST

  Ahmedabad:To popularise books on Mahatma Gandhi and cater to the ever-changing reading habits, a city-based trust has decided to come up with their own tablet, lending people the facility to read Gujarati and Hindi e-books

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  A great treat! Ruskin Bond offers readers two new books on his 82nd birthday

  Lifestyle | May 19, 2016 14:56 IST

  New Delhi:As India’s one of the most loved authors Ruskin Bond turns 82 today, he offers his readers two new books — ‘My Favourite Nature Stories’ and ‘The World Outside My Window’ — both themed

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  DU stops sale, distribution of book referring to Bhagat Singh as terrorist

  India | April 29, 2016 21:27 IST

  New Delhi: Following controversy over a book, part of DU’s history curriculum, which refers to Bhagat Singh as a “revolutionary terrorist”, the university today decided to stop the sale and distribution of its Hindi translation.

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  Deliberate misrepresentation of views on Bhagat Singh: Authors

  India | April 29, 2016 14:36 IST

  New Delhi: Authors of a book, which is now at the centre of a controversy for terming Bhagat Singh as "revolutionary terrorist", have alleged a "deliberate misrepresentation" of historian Bipan Chandra's views on the freedom

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  ISI controlled Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound: Book

  World | April 28, 2016 13:14 IST

  Washington: The Abbottabad hideout of Osama bin Laden was under ISI control and a Pakistan Army doctor treated the most dreaded terrorist in the world before he was killed in a daring raid by US

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  JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar set to pen his first book ‘Bihar to Tihar’

  India | April 27, 2016 21:51 IST

  New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar who was charged with sedition and spent 20 days in jail is about to come out with his eventful journey in a book titled ‘Bihar