Books This Weekend: Excitement of a crime thriller, chasing dreams and Ayurvedic diets
Is your present lifestyle affecting your health? Learn the importance of an Ayurvedic diet for a healthy and happy life.
Then, a crime thriller that...
Ancient text translation project at Harvard sparks outrage among Hindu right
WALTHAM, MA--A group of Indian Sanskrit scholars are calling for an American professor working on a groundbreaking project on Indian classics at Harvard University...
Books This Weekend: Capturing the degeneration of Bengal and tales of personal experiences
Read the translated work of a self-declared anti-writer who uses montages and other cinematic techniques for his stories and a teacher's memoir that takes...
The Truth About Sexism
Tunbridge Wells, UK –Despite their best efforts, women still face obstacles pursuing a career and being a mother. Unconscious to the many limitations placed...
Bookends: Stories of achievement, tips on concentration, Kollyood’s reel world
New Delhi-- Here's a story of a maverick doctor who founded a rehab and cures those suffering from addictions and behavioural disorders; a son's...
World’s most vibrant cities are British empire’s real legacy
By Vikas Datta
New Delhi-- Debates on the British Empire's legacy gets sidetracked on whether it was "good" or "bad", instead of focussing on its...
Bookends: Tales of courage, humanity, philosophy and money
NEW DELHI--Virtually everyone has stories to tell about what makes them extraordinary.
Meet Bant Singh, an agrarian labourer with indomitable spirit despite being physically disabled;...
Book Review: The First Superstar of Indian Cinema
By Vikas Datta
Title: Kanan Devi - The First Superstar of Indian Cinema; Author: Mekhala Sengupta; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 248; Price: Rs.350
Her life seems...
Tamil Brahmans, the Making of a Middle Class Caste
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Title: Tamil Brahmans, The Making of a Middle Class Caste; Authors: C.J. Fuller and Haripriya Narasimhan; Publisher: Social Science Press; Pages:...
Book Review: From Athens to Silicon Valley, a quest to understand genius
By Vikas Datta
Title: The Geography of Genius; Author: Eric Weiner; Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Pages: 368; Price: Rs.599
Calling someone a genius may be a...
