Books This Weekend: Women warriors, young men and Chanakya
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Get to know extraordinary women and their highs and lows, flick through the story of four men who grope...
Book Review: Holier than thou? These Indian women shattered prevailing notions long before Western...
By Saket Suman
Title: Heroines -- Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History; Author: Ira Mukhoty; Publisher: Aleph; Price: Rs 499; Pages: 211
Long before the...
Books This Weekend: An Everest mystery, ideas for the future, and writing skills
New Delhi-- Wade through a journey from the dangerous heights of Mount Everest to the equally treacherous margins of Europe in the mid-20th century;...
Book Review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s reflections on book covers leave many questions unanswered
By Saket Suman
Book: The Clothing of Books; Author: Jhumpa Lahiri; Publisher: Penguin; Price: 199; Pages: 71
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's latest book, at first...
No Valentine’s Day: Love’s tortured course in Cold War
Valentine's Day is coming and as love blooms or advances for many young in age or heart, consider its course in difficult situations. Truth...
Books This Weekend: LGBT struggles, meditation and human experiences
New Delhi--Read about the pathos, problems and the mental trauma faced by the LGBT community; learn to channelise futile thoughts and turn them into...
Love can never go out of books: Author Ruchita Misra
By Somrita Ghosh
New Delhi-- For Ruchita Misra, writing about love comes automatically because nothing in this world is more precious and pure than love....
Book Review: The dark side of Karachi and its violent politics
By Vikas Datta
Title: The Party Worker; Author: Omar Shahid Hamid; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 399
Of all vendettas, the most vicious...
Bookends: The fairy tale that launched India’s literary renaissance
By Vikas Datta
A whirlwind tale of romance, adventure and magic, it is no ordinary fable -- and not due to its genre. The first...
Books This Weekend: A pilgrim’s progress, bite-sized stories, human chemistry
New Delhi--Read an uplifting and diverse compilation on Catalan Roman Catholic priest Raimundo Panikkar; there's also an interesting recitation of tacit sentiments or messages...
