Allow women choice, rights to achieve sustainable population control
By Vikas Datta
Jaipur--Population control, a vital goal for both China and India, can be better achieved by empowering women instead of coercive methods like...
The Borders That Divide: The borders between us
By Michelle Nicholasen
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Communications
To read Charles Maier’s new book, “Once Within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging Since...
Creative process makes literary collaborations worthwhile: Writer Ashwin Sanghi
New Delhi--Literary collaborations remain an area less explored in Indian publishing, but bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi, who, along with James Patterson, has penned "Private...
Jaipur Literature Festival ends with debate on “post-truth world”
Jaipur-- The 10th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) came to a close here on Monday with a heated debate on the subject of...
Indian politicians: a perceptive but askance view from the mofussil
By Vikas Datta
The Indian Republic will, this week, turn 67. But for most of its people, most hopes of its founding fathers have remained...
Books This Weekend: Foreign travels, political conspiracies and the 1960s
New Delhi-- Flick through interesting anecdotes from foreign travels; read the story of a war that is paralleled by disruption and the corruption it...
Book Review: Lifting the veil over BJP’s digital army
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Title: I am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of BJP's Digital Army; Author: Swati Chaturvedi; Publisher: Juggernaut; Pages: 171; Price:...
A destructive demoness from the Ramayana or tormented woman?
By Vikas Datta
Title: Lanka's Princess; Author: Kavita Kane; Publisher: Rupa Publications India; Pages: 280; Price: Rs 295
Like the space-time it is set in, Hindu...
World Book Fair ends on high note in Delhi
New Delhi--The 44th World Book Fair ended here on a high note on Sunday as thousands of bookworms thronged to grab their favourite books...
Book Review: Fine print: A publisher’s account of the Indian literary and cultural scene
By Vikas Datta
Title: A Scrapbook of Memories; Author: Ashok Chopra; Publisher: Harper Collins India; Pages: 432; Price: Rs 399
For an unrivalled and intimate look...
