We confuse Hinduism as religion, it’s culture & cluster of civilisations: Author Anand Neelakantan

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BY SUKANT DEEPAK New Delhi-- One of the country's top-selling authors, Anand Neelakantan, with more than 13 books to his credit including the Bahubali trilogy...

Walking through fog with author Anuja Chauhan

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BY SUKANT DEEPAK Yuksam (Sikkim)-- A permanent gray envelopes everything around. Clouds, an arm's length away are doing somersaults on the mountains wearing thick greens....

Linguistic curiosities: How languages are humanity’s most perplexing achievement

BY VIKAS DATTA The defining trait of humanity, language is the bedrock of all its achievements, from social relations to culture to technology, due to...

“You don’t want to run from life, even though panicking and trying to escape...

By Maura Kelly Harvard Gazette/Harvard Public Health As the survivor of more than ten suicide attempts, acclaimed novelist Clancy Martin is something of an expert on...

Indo-Canadian Sikh’s book among most banned in US schools

Toronto-- A Canadian-Sikh poet, whose Twitter account was withheld in India last month over the Khalistan issue, now has her debut work among the...

Your May reading list

New Delhi-- Reading is not only a great activity, but it also gives us the opportunity to learn so much more than we could...

Balraj Sahni: The original face of neo-realism and a gifted story-teller

BY VIKAS DATTA He was out on a Juhu beach building sandcastles with his children when he was offered a challenging role that would go...

Amitav Ghosh’s next book on opium’s dark history arrives on July 15

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New Delhi-- Opium nearly smoked out China, made Britain acquired tainted wealth and laid the foundation of the fortunes of many a notorious trading...

Ambedkar: A feminist both at home and in public life

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BY SHASHI THAROOR In an unusual instance, Ramabai had wholeheartedly participated in Ambedkar's idiosyncratic shraddha ceremony for his deceased father. Instead of offering a meal...

Learn from reading

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New Delhi-- Only having real-life experiences may teach you more and give you more topics for thought and conversation than reading a book. Being...
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