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TWIST: ISRO case gets a new version – martyr or kingpin?

by NewsdeskBooksLITE BLOGSScienceJanuary 22, 2022January 22, 2022

The espionage case is a techno-legal matter. It was never discussed in that way. It was always discussed from the point of view of persons; not from the POV of…

‘The High Priestess Never Marries’ brings some mystery

by NewsdeskArts & CultureBooksLITE BLOGSJanuary 22, 2022January 22, 2022

The book is part of a duology on ‘Ila of the Kallady’ lagoon, and is accompanied by a picture book for children, ‘Mermaids in the Moonlight’…reports Asian Lite News There…

Jayasri Burman’s River of Faith, an ode to Ganga

by NewsdeskBooksLITE BLOGSJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 2022

This solo exhibition by Burman after more than a decade is an ode to the Ganga — a ‘subject’ she has been working on since 2004. She says is a…

Global passion for Russian literature

by NewsdeskBooksLITE BLOGSJanuary 12, 2022January 13, 2022

All Russian literature is not grim, pessimistic, plodding tracts and can hold its own, using a range of genres and styles to reflect the human condition and its times…writes Vikas…

‘Indomitable’ story of Arundhati’s life as a banker

by NewsdeskBooksIndia NewsLITE BLOGSJanuary 11, 2022January 11, 2022

Did that mean people like me couldn’t dream? This book is written to prove that India can be the land of our dreams and it is our ability to reach…

‘Translation, the best way to attract global audience’

by NewsdeskBooksLITE BLOGSJanuary 10, 2022January 10, 2022

Adding that more translations from twentieth-century Urdu literature are needed to demonstrate the literary backdrop in which contemporary works, whether in Urdu or English, are being written… says Musharraf Ali…

Thomas Mathew to scribble Ratan Tata’s biography

by NewsdeskBooksBusinessIndia NewsJanuary 7, 2022January 7, 2022

He had worked in Kerala in a few departments and was a favourite official of Congress veteran K. Karunakaran, here in his heydays…reports Asian Lite News Former senior bureaucrat and…

‘The Eastern Gate’ on the backdrop of ongoing conflict in Nagaland

by NewsdeskBooksLITE BLOGSJanuary 6, 2022January 6, 2022

Alongside immense hope and aspiration, it is also home to immense ethnic and communal horrors – and a decades-old Naga conflict – and the high-profile peace process that involves four…

How Didi Beats Modi in West Bengal?

by NewsdeskBooksLITE BLOGSPOLITICSJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 2022

This is what the book explores as it examines why the BJP lost the plot in West Bengal and what this means for the next General Elections,” says Ghosal…reports Asian…

Kashmir must fight real ally of obscurantism

by NewsdeskAfghanistanBooksLITE BLOGSJanuary 4, 2022January 4, 2022

Pakistan’s strategy on Kashmir “has never been static; always dynamic, attempting many times to remain ahead of the loop of response of the Indian establishment…writes Vishnu Makhijani Pakistan is once…