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Sunday book pick: A marriage made in hell in Jibanananda Das’s 1970 novel ‘Malloban’
Scroll· 9 hours agoJibanananda Das (1899-1954), often considered the greatest Bengali modernist poet, was best known for his bleak poetry. Das died at the age of 55 in a tram accident. Das’s ...
Book Review | Crisp whodunits, cute investigators
The Asian Age· 1 day agoIt is worth mentioning that detective fiction is a subgenre of a whole range of writing loosely termed as crime fiction. Edgar Alan Poe’s ‘Murder in the Rue Morgue’ is considered the first & ...
A different kind of story book | Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo‘s ‘Poor Economics for...
The Hindu· 2 days agoLast year, I met the members of a Gurugram-based children’s book club to discuss a picture book I’d written about child rights. Duflo and Banerjee’s lifetime work in trying ...
Starmark at 25: CEO Gautam Jatia reflects upon the bookstore’s rich legacy
The Telegraph· 4 days agoA huge chunk of the ‘joy’ in City of Joy comes from books. Since 1999, Starmark has been an...
In conversation: Two Nobel laureates, an artist and students
The Telegraph· 6 days agoIs there any inclusive definition of poverty? Why do banks refuse to lend money to poor people? Is...