The ignored/unknown kitsch that also advanced Bollywood
By Vikas Datta
Title: In a Cult of Their Own - Bollywood Beyond Box Office; Author: Amborish Roychoudhury; Publisher: Rupa Publications India; Pages: 276; Price:...
Being old in India and its many vulnerabilities
By Saket Suman
Book: India's Aged: Needs and Vulnerabilities; Edited by: Udaya S. Mishra and S. Irudaya Rajan; Publisher: Orient Blackswan; Pages: 254; Price: Rs...
The Russians and Trump, a spectacular coup or self-goal?
By Vikas Datta
Title: Collusion: How Russia Helped Trump Win the White House; Author: Luke Harding; Publisher: Guardian Books/Faber & Faber; Pages: 346; Price: Rs...
Books This Weekend: Internships abroad, thrill and mystery
New Delhi--Learn about 20 years of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC); know how to hustle your way...
Shweta Bachchan-Nanda to launch debut novel in October
Noida-- Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's daughter Shweta Bachchan-Nandas debut novel, "Paradise Towers", a heart-warming slice-of-life novel set in an apartment building in Mumbai, will...
Jhumpa Lahiri’s view: Citizenship and gender in the 21st century
Jhumpa Lahiri (pictured) and Celeste Ng discuss immigrant identity during the keynote conversation at Radcliffe's annual conference on gender, "Who Belongs? Global Citizenship and...
Exploring the heart of matter – and why atoms are important
By Vikas Datta
Title: Atom; Author: Piers Bizony; Publisher: Icon Science; Pages: 225; Price: Rs 499
In science, like life, the journey is as important...
Nothing mad about this book by ‘Mad Men’ creator
By Himani Kothari
Title: Heather, The Totality; Author: Matthew Weiner; Publisher: Canongate Books; Pages: 138 ; Price: Rs 890
Matthew Weiner, the man who gave us...
The impossible challenge of reforming Kerala’s higher education
By Mohammed Shafeeq
Title: Education of an Ambassador: Reflections on Higher Education Reform in Kerala; Author: T.P. Sreenivasan; Publisher: Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd; Pages; 248;...
The curious asymmetry or risk in our modern lives
By Vikas Datta
Title: Skin in the Game; Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb; Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin Random House UK; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 699
Things which should...