Books
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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