Jhumpa Lahiri’s Book Named the 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years
WALTHAM, MA—Jhumpa Lahiri’s book “Interpreter of Maladies” has been named The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years by Parade magazine.
In June, the...
Amitav Ghosh to stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan as Writer In-Residence
New Delhi-- Eminent author Amitav Ghosh will stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan as Writer In-Residence from July 10 to July 14. He will be accompanied...
Northeast will be key to linkages with southeast Asia: VK Singh
New Delhi-- Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Friday expressed confidence that India's northeast region will play a prominent role in...
Books This Week: Romance, business and philosophy
New Delhi-- Immerse yourself in two distinct love stories, understand the machinery behind the markets that dominate our lives and flick through a philosophical...
Book Review: Democracy and Political Hindutva
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Title: Words Matter: Writings Against Silence; Edited/Introduced by: K. Satchidanandan; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Pages: 261; Price: Rs 399
The challenge to Indian democracy...
Freedom of Religion: Was America born to be a Christian nation?
BOSTON – Lately, we hear more and more about how our Founding Fathers were all Christian, God-fearing men and how America is a Christian...
Book Reviews: Cookery, alternative education and a tough battle
New Delhi-- Enter the kitchen of a great chef, cast an eye on the educational experience at alternative schools, flick through the upstream life...
Bookends: The emperor among philosophers and why he still speaks to us
By Vikas Datta
Author Samuel Butler once observed that "to die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is...
Books: Some romance and plenty of career, happiness tips
New Delhi--Bury yourself in the difficult ardent romance of a young guy who falls madly in love with a married milph, explore the life...
Bookend: The Literary Express: How trains carried forward fiction
By Vikas Datta
Among forms of transport as settings for stories, trains seem the most popular. Rail travel may not have the speed or 'glamour'...