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...
Indian-American writer in Wellcome Book Prize list
London-- Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American writer Siddhartha Mukherjee's latest book 'The Gene' has made it for the longlist of this years Wellcome Book Prize.
Mukherjee...
Books This Weekend: A forgotten battle, spirituality and diplomacy
Flick through a fresh perspective on the battle of Kurukshetra, relish the magic of a spiritual life that is said to lie within each...
Age not important: 97-year-old musicologist on Padma Shri honour
New Delhi-- Manipuri musicologist Laishram Birendrakumar Singh, 97, is happy that he was recently named for Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour,...
Allow women choice, rights to achieve sustainable population control
By Vikas Datta
Jaipur--Population control, a vital goal for both China and India, can be better achieved by empowering women instead of coercive methods like...
The Borders That Divide: The borders between us
By Michelle Nicholasen
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Communications
To read Charles Maier’s new book, “Once Within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging Since...
Creative process makes literary collaborations worthwhile: Writer Ashwin Sanghi
New Delhi--Literary collaborations remain an area less explored in Indian publishing, but bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi, who, along with James Patterson, has penned "Private...
Jaipur Literature Festival ends with debate on “post-truth world”
Jaipur-- The 10th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) came to a close here on Monday with a heated debate on the subject of...
Indian politicians: a perceptive but askance view from the mofussil
By Vikas Datta
The Indian Republic will, this week, turn 67. But for most of its people, most hopes of its founding fathers have remained...
