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...
Book Review: Unveiling the motivations and mindset of the Pakistani Taliban
By Vikas Datta
Title: Guardians of God - Inside the Religious Mind of the Pakistani Taliban; Author: Mona Kanwal Sheikh; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages:...
Bookend: Horror, mystery and self-discovery
New Delhi-- Bury yourself in dark and scary tales of horror and mystery, wade through a momentous journey of self-discovery. Also, know the story...
Book Review: Rao cleaned the mess created by Indira, Rajiv: Sanjaya Baru
By Mohd Asim Khan
Book: 1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History: Author: Sanjaya Baru; Publisher: Aleph; Pages: 216; Price: Rs 250
If today's Indian leadership...
Bookend: Of history, love and millennials
New Delhi--Read the story of an English painter and his apprentice, whose paintings become the unexpected crux of the last Anglo-Mysore War. Flick through...
