Agonizing journey home in the midst of a pandemic
New Delhi-- As the nation marks the first anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic-induced nationwide lockdown, comes journalist-turned-filmmaker Vinod Kapri's compelling book, "1232 km: The...
When ‘The Light of Asia’ impacted Tagore, Vivekanand
By Jairam Ramesh
In late-February 1912, a play called Buddha was staged at the Royal Court Theatre in London. This was produced by William Poel,...
Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik lends a hand to civil service aspirants
New Delhi-- Renowned Indian mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik has now turned his attention to aspirants for the Indian civil service with his new book "Indian...
Books This Weekend: Of nationalism, women entrepreneurs and weight loss
New Delhi-- Learn to question the concept of nationalism by reading the tale of an air warrior; know about the the obstacles faced by...
The Santro story: Of companies, commitments and commercials
By Aroonim Bhuyan
Title: Santro: The Car That Built a Company; Author: B.V.R. Subbu; Publisher: Hachette; Pages: 254; Price: Rs 599
"Manufacturing a car is a...
Food, yoga, parenting and complex love squares
New Delhi-- Fill yourself with joy at the idea of food as what we eat is a part of who we are; know the...
Books This Weekend: LGBT struggles, meditation and human experiences
New Delhi--Read about the pathos, problems and the mental trauma faced by the LGBT community; learn to channelise futile thoughts and turn them into...
How listening only to one’s own side can generate dangerous amounts of unrealism
By Liz Mineo
The Harvard Gazette
Jane Mansbridge, Ph.D. ’71, a political scientist and one of the world’s most prominent scholars of democratic theory, came to...
When neurotransmitters find their way into a cookbook
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji--Biting into a chocolate truffle tickles the neurotransmitters in the brain as much as it may tantalise your taste-buds, Bavaria-born author Korenelia...
A steamy sex spoof which became a successful literary subterfuge
By Vikas Datta
"Murder is a crime. Describing murder is not. Sex is not a crime. Describing sex is," American critic Gershon Legman advised writers...