Book Review: The Modi-fication of India’s foreign policy
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Title: Modi Doctrine: The Foreign Policy of India's Prime Minister; Author: Sreeram Chaulia; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 251; Price: Rs 599
This is...
Book Review: The businessman who tried to run Russia, and his fate
By Vikas Datta
Title: Once Upon a Time in Russia; Author: Ben Mezrich; Publisher: Random House UK; Pages: 320; Price: Rs 499
Close links between politics...
Books This Weekend: Mythology and other fiction
New Delhi-- Enjoy bright and unique illustrations alongside an interesting telling of Ramayana; read the splendid translation of an important work of Sanskrit literature...
Taming the Afghans, plugging the invasion route: A forgotten contribution to Indian security
By Vikas Datta
It is a rare country that remembers all its heroes, let alone recognises their contribution -- even war heroes, otherwise lionised for...
Books This Weekend: Much love, suspense and messiness
New Delhi--Read the tale of a single parent's quest for love, and understanding; the story of a girl who is confused about giving her...
The life and times of women who influenced Tagore
By Aparajita Gupta
(Title: Daughters of Jorasanko; Author: Aruna Chakravarti; Publisher: HarperCollins India; Pages: 327; Price: Rs 399)
Based on the life of Nobel laureate Rabindranath...
Book Review: Averting twilight of the gods and other chores of a Boston teenager
By Vikas Datta
Title: Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor; Author: Rick Riordan; Publisher: Puffin/Penguin Random House; Pages: 512; Price: Rs 599
It seems a...
Book Review: Love in the shadow of the ‘Nirbhaya’ episode
By Vikas Datta
Title: Mornings After; Author: Tharun James Jimani; Publisher: Bloomsbury India; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 350
Love, the most mysterious of human emotions, can...
Bob Dylan: Blowing in the Wind to Nobel Literature Prize
By Vikas Datta
An unconventional singer - with a raspy, almost nasal voice instead of honeyed tones - burst into public consciousness in the early...
Books This Weekend: Ramayana, kingdoms and timeless tales of love
New Delhi-- Dive into the epic Ramayana by learning about it in rhymes. Also, wade through a charmingly illustrated retelling of the epic. Read...