Book Review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s reflections on book covers leave many questions unanswered
By Saket Suman
Book: The Clothing of Books; Author: Jhumpa Lahiri; Publisher: Penguin; Price: 199; Pages: 71
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's latest book, at first...
No Valentine’s Day: Love’s tortured course in Cold War
Valentine's Day is coming and as love blooms or advances for many young in age or heart, consider its course in difficult situations. Truth...
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...
Love can never go out of books: Author Ruchita Misra
By Somrita Ghosh
New Delhi-- For Ruchita Misra, writing about love comes automatically because nothing in this world is more precious and pure than love....
Book Review: The dark side of Karachi and its violent politics
By Vikas Datta
Title: The Party Worker; Author: Omar Shahid Hamid; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 399
Of all vendettas, the most vicious...
Bookends: The fairy tale that launched India’s literary renaissance
By Vikas Datta
A whirlwind tale of romance, adventure and magic, it is no ordinary fable -- and not due to its genre. The first...
Books This Weekend: A pilgrim’s progress, bite-sized stories, human chemistry
New Delhi--Read an uplifting and diverse compilation on Catalan Roman Catholic priest Raimundo Panikkar; there's also an interesting recitation of tacit sentiments or messages...
Indian-American writer in Wellcome Book Prize list
London-- Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American writer Siddhartha Mukherjee's latest book 'The Gene' has made it for the longlist of this years Wellcome Book Prize.
Mukherjee...
Books This Weekend: A forgotten battle, spirituality and diplomacy
Flick through a fresh perspective on the battle of Kurukshetra, relish the magic of a spiritual life that is said to lie within each...
Age not important: 97-year-old musicologist on Padma Shri honour
New Delhi-- Manipuri musicologist Laishram Birendrakumar Singh, 97, is happy that he was recently named for Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour,...
