Book Review: The often ignored hand that rocks the Islamist cradle
By Vikas Datta
Title: We are all Revolutionaries Here - Militarism, Political Islam and Gender in Pakistan; Author: Aneela Zeb Babar; Publisher: Sage Publications India;...
The ‘home’ of capitalism and the renovations it needs
By Vikas Datta
Title: Why Wall Street Matters; Author: William D. Cohan; Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 192; Price: Rs 499
Just a little over a...
Two Sisters: For a man, a woman is either a mother or a lover
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Book: Two Sisters; Author: Rabindranath Tagore (translated by Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee); Publisher: Thornbird; Pages: 79; Price: Rs 150
Rabindranath Tagore's "Dui Bon" or...
Exploring the Ganga, unravelling India’s links to capitalism, a peep into the darkest secrets...
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI
New Delhi-- How long can the Ganga river sustain the 500 million people along its banks; study how capitalism functioned in India...
Penguin set to release Namita Gokhale’s ‘The Blind Matriarch’
New Delhi-- One of Indias most respected and well-known literary figures, Namita Gokhale, has written a family saga that is both contemporary and timeless....
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...
When Indira Gandhi desired jalebee, mathri for breakfast
New Delhi-- On a visit to Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh after her re-election in 1980, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi stunned the administration by seeking...
Book Review: Inspiring story of a radical, but practical, Ireland-born nun
By Somrita Ghosh
Title: Girls Are Our Future -- Thoughts of a Practical Radical Nun; Author: Sister Cyril, Neil Farrelly and Greg Dale; Publisher: Konark...
Book Review: Whither India? An atlas of present faults and future courses
By Vikas Datta
Title: India Now and in Transition; Editor: Atul Thakur; Publisher: Niyogi Books: Pages: 448; Price: Rs 599
Stretching from icy mountains to the...
Books This Weekend: Of happiness, Harappa, mystery and trees
New Delhi--Know some fabulous and easy techniques to handle stress with a smile; unravel one of the world's greatest conspiracies and the haunting story...
