Amitav Ghosh to stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan as Writer In-Residence
New Delhi-- Eminent author Amitav Ghosh will stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan as Writer In-Residence from July 10 to July 14. He will be accompanied...
Northeast will be key to linkages with southeast Asia: VK Singh
New Delhi-- Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Friday expressed confidence that India's northeast region will play a prominent role in...
Books This Week: Romance, business and philosophy
New Delhi-- Immerse yourself in two distinct love stories, understand the machinery behind the markets that dominate our lives and flick through a philosophical...
Book Review: Democracy and Political Hindutva
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Title: Words Matter: Writings Against Silence; Edited/Introduced by: K. Satchidanandan; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Pages: 261; Price: Rs 399
The challenge to Indian democracy...
Freedom of Religion: Was America born to be a Christian nation?
BOSTON – Lately, we hear more and more about how our Founding Fathers were all Christian, God-fearing men and how America is a Christian...
Book Reviews: Cookery, alternative education and a tough battle
New Delhi-- Enter the kitchen of a great chef, cast an eye on the educational experience at alternative schools, flick through the upstream life...
Bookends: The emperor among philosophers and why he still speaks to us
By Vikas Datta
Author Samuel Butler once observed that "to die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is...
Books: Some romance and plenty of career, happiness tips
New Delhi--Bury yourself in the difficult ardent romance of a young guy who falls madly in love with a married milph, explore the life...
Bookend: The Literary Express: How trains carried forward fiction
By Vikas Datta
Among forms of transport as settings for stories, trains seem the most popular. Rail travel may not have the speed or 'glamour'...
A Talk on Sikh Legacy in Pakistan
By Geetha Patil
CAMBRIDGE, MA--Singapore-based author and photographer Amardeep Singh recently presented a talk on Sikh legacy in Pakistan based on his book and visits...