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Five Best: Books on the Roaring ’20s
Selected by William A. Everett, the author, most recently, of ‘The Year That Made the Musical: 1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre.’
3 min read30 Aug 2024Six non-fiction books you can read in a day
Resolved to read more? There may be no more rewarding genre than the short book
7 min read10 Aug 2024How Sopan Joshi’s ‘Mangifera Indica’ traces the influence of the mango on Indian life
Sopan Joshi’s life-affirming biography of the subcontinent’s much-beloved fruit, the mango, is a classic of its kind
6 min read9 Aug 2024‘The Book-Makers’ review: Bound to please
Making books was once both laborious and noisome, involving hot animal glue and boiling cauldrons. Still, the books could be beautiful.
4 min read7 Aug 2024Why Viktor Frankl is the father of the self-help genre
Viktor Frankl’s 1946 book ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ spawned one of the most successful publishing categories ever
5 min read4 Aug 2024Is Bal Gangadhar Tilak the original Hindutva icon?
A new biography of Tilak by Vaibhav Purandare dives into Indian politics of a century ago, the legacy of which stretches to contemporary times
7 min read4 Aug 2024Six non-fiction books you can read in a day
Resolved to read more? There may be no more rewarding genre than the short book
7 min read3 Aug 2024The Naipauls of Nepaul Street: The freedom of a chosen home
Savi Naipaul Akal’s memoir is a sweeping portrait of what it meant to be an Indian in the Caribbean in the 20th century
7 min read29 Jul 2024In Uddipana Goswami’s new book, women are survivors
Uddipana Goswami’s collection, ‘The Women Who Would Not Die: Stories’ drives home the truth of violence in Assam, experienced as personal or public tragedy
4 min read28 Jul 2024The Diana connection: Kate Middleton’s marriage with ‘headstrong’ Prince William works because…
‘Diana was headstrong and emotional, and William has turned out to have similar traits,’ says an upcoming book on Kate Middleton.
1 min read27 Jul 2024Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared