Book Review: Empire of Booze: A spirited history of the British empire and its...
By Vikas Datta
Title: Empire of Booze; Author: Henry Jeffreys; Publisher: Unbound Publishers; Pages: 303; Price: Rs 699
This is one legacy for which avid party...
Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh selected for Jnanpith
Kolkata-- Noted Bengali poet Shankah Ghosh was on Friday chosen for India's highest literary honour, the Jnanpith award for 2016, the award selection panel...
Book on love, emotional journey launched
New Delhi-- Love has always remained an eternal theme in books and Avinash Pushkarnas debut book ‘My Red Butterfly is a passionate journey of...
Jerry Pinto, Nasira Sharma among 24 Sahitya Akademi awardees
New Delhi-- Noted English novelist Jerry Pinto and Hindi author Nasira Sharma were among the 24 authors named for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2016...
Honored to receive Sahitya Akademi Award: Jerry Pinto
New Delhi--Author Jerry Pinto is delighted to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award 2016, and said he feels honoured that his work has been appreciated.
"I...
Bookends: The philosopher of enlightened thinking we have forgotten
By Vikas Datta
Among the paradoxes of the human condition is our tendency to follow the loudest talkers -- the polarising, patronising ones who can...
Book Review: The schizophrenic, suspicious world of spying – and its costs
By Vikas Datta
Title: The English Teacher; Author: Yiftach Reicher Atir (translated by Philip Simpson); Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 399
For any spy agency,...
Books This Weekend: Bad guys, teen woes, Karma
New Delhi-- Flick through a funny and naughty story about bad guys, know the interesting experiences of a teenager in the voice of one,...
Book Review: A catalogue of unlikely, unexpected museums around the world
By Vikas Datta
Title: The World's 100 Weirdest Museums; Author: Geoff Tibballs; Publisher: Robinson/Hachette India; Pages: 256; Price: Rs 599
If you have a penchant for...
Book Review: Love in different age
By Nivedita Giri
Title: Second Encounter; Author: Ramapada Chowdhary (Translated from the Bengali novella 'Je Jekhane Danriye' by Swapana Dutta); Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 118;...