Kerala education minister lodges complaint over smear campaign using ‘fake’ text book
Thiruvananthapuram-- Kerala Education Minister V. Sivankutty on Thursday filed a complaint with the state police chief against a social media account on the X...
What we owe to literature: A global odyssey across the centuries
By Vikas Datta
Title: The Written World - How Literature Shaped History; Author: Martin Puchner; Publisher: Granta Books; Pages: 433; Price: Rs 699
In that splendid...
Books This Weekend: Of mystery, spying and ghosts
New Delhi--Flick through a mysterious tale around a killer who has terrorised the residents of Chicago; read a thrilling book featuring legendary spy, assassin...
Romance an eternal theme, always relevant in books
By Somrita Ghosh
New Delhi-- In an era when finding true love sometimes seems to be a distant dream, budding Indian writers still hold on...
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...
Happy Dreams: In the murky shadows of China’s glittering skylines
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Book: Happy Dreams; Author Jia Pingwa (Translated by Nicky Harman); Publisher: Amazon Crossing; Pages: 481; Price Rs 499
The story of Happy and...
‘Don’t mix electoral politics with macroeconomics, macro-strategic matters’
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi-- Indias rise is inevitable despite current pitfalls or past mistakes but for that electoral politics needs to be kept apart...
Anuk Arudpragasam wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2017
New Delhi-- After winning The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Sri Lankan writer Anuk Arudpragasam has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize...
Five books to look forward to in June 2018
By Saket Suman
New Delhi--The month gone by was one of many lessons for keen observers of contemporary Indian publishing. Over-hyped books, billed as astute...
Five books to look forward to in June 2017
By Saket Suman
New Delhi--Not all books live up to the expectations of the readers. Much-anticipated books will sometimes disappoint readers and critics. And there...
