Wanted to mess with distinction between fiction and nonfiction: Author Amitava Kumar
By Saket Suman
New Delhi--Fiction and nonfiction, the two conventional genres of literature, are distinct in their narratives, structure and style. But acclaimed writer Amitava...
The popular American ‘Western’ genre: How American and how true?
By Vikas Datta
Bullets flying as gunmen confront each other in the streets or saloons, cowboys lassoing cattle on sprawling ranches across a starkly beautiful...
Movie Review: Jagga Jasoos: Weak narrative dampens stunning visuals
By Troy Ribeiro
Film: "Jagga Jasoos"; Director: Anurag Basu; Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Saswata Chatterjee, Saurabh Shukla; Rating: **1/2
Designed as a comic book character...
Book Review: Plumbing lethal palace intrigues in Princely India
By Vikas Datta
Title: A Necessary Evil; Author: Abir Mukherjee; Publisher: Harvill Secker/Penguin Random House; Pages: 380; Price: Rs 599
If a crime fiction series is...
Books This Weekend: A brain surgeon’s memoir, the right attitude for winning, celebrating humanity
New Delhi-- This week, embark on a journey of a brain surgeon's provocative and deeply personal memoir that takes readers through his forty years...
Book Review: Writer who is making mythology “cool”, one novel at a time
By Saket Suman
Book: Sita - Warrior of Mithila; Author: Amish Tripathi; Publisher: Westland; Price: Rs 350; Pages; 361
His "Shiva Trilogy" -- "The Immortals of...
It’s raining romances for readers of popular fiction in India
New Delhi-- Brutally sidelined by critics, made fun of by several headline authors and even rejected for its "average and below-average" standard of writing,...
Faiz beyond revolution and romance
By Vikas Datta
Title: The Colours of My Heart - Selected Poems; Author: Faiz Ahmed Faiz & Baran Farooqi (translator); Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages:...
Book Review: A surrealistic, supernatural quest in Karachi – and beyond
By Vikas Datta
Title: Boy of Fire and Earth; Author: Sami Shah; Publisher: Picador India/Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 368; Price: Rs 499
Humans have long had...
Five books to look forward to this summer at a beach or on your...
By Saket Suman
New Delhi--The current trend in Indian publishing space, as also globally, shows a phenomenal rise of nonfiction while the number of fiction...
