Books
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Book Review: Much has changed in 25 years of India’s liberalisation
By Meghna Mittal Book: What’s Changed 25 Years Of Liberalised India; Edited by: Kartikeya Kompella; Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages:…
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Letters to the past, tale from a tiny town, some science
Embark on a fictional journey of a widow who reads fragments of her dead husband’s unfinished book that goes deep…
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Book Review: Delhi’s princely palaces come alive in invaluable contribution to posterity
By Vishnu Makhijani Book: Princely Palaces in New Delhi; Author: Sumanta K. Bhowmick; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Price: Rs.2,500; Pages: 263…
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Books This Weekend: Tales of revenge, adventure, romance and motherhood
New Delhi– Embark on an adventurous journey of a violin prodigy, the narrative of a 19 century merchant, the account…
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No Freudian slip! The psychoanalyst’s literary forays
By Vikas Datta It is debatable but any list of influential thinkers must include these five men whose contributions to…
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Philosophy, peace, and a Bollywood cameo: The relevance of Bertrand Russell
By Vikas Datta Among the foremost thinkers of all ages, his contribution to knowledge spans maths, logic, history, philosophy and…
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Bookends: Engaging tales for children this summer
Summer vacations have just started and what can be a better way than spending the hot afternoons with these engaging…
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Book Review: Myth Breaker: How Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw broke the glass ceiling with Biocon
By Aparajita Gupta Title: Myth Breaker: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw & the Story of Indian Biotech; Author: Seema Singh; Publisher: Collins Business;…
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Tagore and his women
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi–Bimala lives under the shadow of her rich elite husband Nikhil. Despite being high-spirited, she has…
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Bookends: Need tips on parenting in the age of anxiety, Facebook and McDonald’s
New Delhi– In an era of teens and tweens facing the spectre of depression and getting overexposed to social media…
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