Your June reading list
New Delhi-- From much-awaited translations to new releases here's what you should stack up on for the coming week.
The Wait by Damodar Mauzo And...
Dubious Pasts, Whimsical Presents: Alternative history and its misuse
VIKAS DATTA
History used to be full of battlefields, instead of being a battlefield itself, as the discipline has now become. The past, and the...
Violence is symptomatic of the alienation of Punjab’s youth
INDERJIT SINGH JAIJEE AND DONA SURI
The average man, particularly the average young man, or woman, may have trouble articulating their situation, but they know...
‘Middle-aged love story is not a novelty, rather more interesting’
Mumbai--As their short film 'First Second Chance' released on Sunday, lead pair Ananth Mahadevan and Renuka Shahane spoke about how middle-aged love stories are...
May reads to add to your bookshelf
N. LOTHUNGBENI HUMTSOE
New Delhi-- From poetry to humour, there's plenty to read while lounging at home during these sweltering days. IANSlife curates some of...
The Most Awaited Reads
New Delhi-- Don't let the weather dampen your spirits and weigh you down, pick up one of these books and dive head first into...
Inspirational Books for teens
OLIVIA SARKAR
New Delhi-- When children reach adolescence, they often experience a wide range of emotions and begin to think about their future. Books are...
Of thwarted desire, misogyny and erasure
New Delhi-- It is the 1970s in rural South Korea and San is alone.
She finally finds a friend in a girl called Namae, until...
Shivji changed the history of the santoor forever, giving it a new identity
VIJAY KICHLU
In the fifty years that I have known Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who is lovingly addressed as Shivji, I must have witnessed at least...
Chronicle of a war foretold? A century-old conflict and its lessons for today
VIKAS DATTA
After years of secret and not-so-secret alliances, bids to secure areas of influence and lucrative commercial deals, and even the odd land grab,...