How leaders are shaped
By John Laidler
Harvard Correspondent/Harvard Gazette
The questions surrounding what makes effective leaders and how they put their skills to work have long been of special...
Master at Work: The making of ‘Shatranj ke Khilari’
By Amit Khanna
Book: My Adventures with Satyajit Ray: The Making of Shatranj Ke Khilari; Author: Suresh Jindal; Publisher: HarperCollins; Pages 187; Price: Rs 350
India's...
A tryst with destiny: Mark Tully’s journey from journalism to short stories
By Saket Suman
New Delhi--Sir William Mark Tully -- arguably more Indian than most Indians -- had "a very British childhood". The acclaimed broadcaster and...
Book Review: An indispensable accessory for the modern working woman
By Himani Kothari
Title: Little Black Book; Author: Otegha Uwagba; Publisher: 4thEstate/Harper Collins; Pages: 128; Price: Rs 299
Imagine being told that you would have to...
Books This Weekend: Of technology, poetry, life and magic
New Delhi--Learn the syntax and grammar of the HTML computer language; see how the most exhilarating highs and the heartbreaking lows of life and...
War, love and redemption on the Russian steppe
By Vikas Datta
Title: Red Sky at Noon; Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore; Publisher: Century/Penguin Random House UK: Pages: 416; Price: Rs 699
If you think all...
From broken wings to soul healing, tale of a dysfunctional family
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Book: Trail of Broken Wings; Author: Sejal Badani; Publisher: Lake Union Publishing, Seattle; Price: Rs. 399; Pages: 370
At a time when sordid...
Book Review: All for a painting of sunflowers
By Saket Suman
Book: Tinman; Author: Sarah Winman; Publisher: Hachette India; Price: Rs 399; Pages: 197
Some novels have simple beginnings but they go a far...
A comic salute to Omar Khayyam: The Rubaiyat and its parodies
By Vikas Datta
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, even in literature, then what about parody? We can call it ingenious imitation though...
Books This Weekend: Of kings, wizards, love, and adventure, four books to take a...
New Delhi-- Go through a sabre-rattling tale of love, revenge, friendship and ambition; flick through a fantasy adventure around a wizard and a warrior;...