World’s most vibrant cities are British empire’s real legacy
By Vikas Datta
New Delhi-- Debates on the British Empire's legacy gets sidetracked on whether it was "good" or "bad", instead of focussing on its...
Bookends: Tales of courage, humanity, philosophy and money
NEW DELHI--Virtually everyone has stories to tell about what makes them extraordinary.
Meet Bant Singh, an agrarian labourer with indomitable spirit despite being physically disabled;...
Book Review: The First Superstar of Indian Cinema
By Vikas Datta
Title: Kanan Devi - The First Superstar of Indian Cinema; Author: Mekhala Sengupta; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 248; Price: Rs.350
Her life seems...
Tamil Brahmans, the Making of a Middle Class Caste
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Title: Tamil Brahmans, The Making of a Middle Class Caste; Authors: C.J. Fuller and Haripriya Narasimhan; Publisher: Social Science Press; Pages:...
Book Review: From Athens to Silicon Valley, a quest to understand genius
By Vikas Datta
Title: The Geography of Genius; Author: Eric Weiner; Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Pages: 368; Price: Rs.599
Calling someone a genius may be a...
My technique can rebuild parent-child relationship: Anupam Sibal
By Somrita Ghosh
NEW DELHI-- If you are a parent at your wit's end on how to help your child cope with the rapidly changing...
A long-running odyssey: Odysseus’s persistence in fiction
By Vikas Datta
IANS Associate Editor
What is more important when we assess and evaluate a hero - brute strength or supple intelligence and craft? Looking...
Book This Weekend: Tales of love, passion and horror
NEW DELHI--Does love always end in disappointment? Certainly not! Here's a story of two individuals who meet in the most uncertain way and fall...
Kamesh Aiyer’s The Last Kaurava book to be launched in India on Feb. 5
BOSTON—Bostonian Kamesh Aiyer’s book “The Last Kaurava” will be launched in India on Feb. 5. The book launch ceremony will also include a panel...
Forbidden Desires: love and duty, desire and demands and heart vs head
By Somrita Ghosh
NEW DELHI-- Is it taboo for women to talk about sex, their hidden desires or having extra-marital affairs? No! It is their...
