Nayantara Sahgal: I resent what Hindutva is doing to Hinduism
By Preetha Nair
Dehradun-- Hindutva is a brand of fundamentalism and the Hindu right wing is distorting what Hinduism stands for, says renowned author Nayantara...
Bookends: Ample romance, stories of power and beauty
New Delhi-- Flick through an exciting school romance, the difficult love affair of a ballerina, the struggle of a girl dealing with the gravitational...
Book: Bird population threatened like never before
New Delhi-- Bird population in India and across the world faces unprecedented threats, a new book says.
"Feathers of Vellayani", a publication of the Kerala...
Sanskriti Book Fair and Theater Set for April 24th in Concord
CONCORD, MA--Calcutta Club USA and The Boston Pledge will host the Sanskriti Book Fair and Theater on Sunday, April 24th, at Thoreau School in...
Writing poetry for the common people – and film superstars
By Vikas Datta
One problem a layman has with appreciating Urdu poetry is that their vocabulary may not encompass its ornate richness drawn from a...
Bookends: Spirited Investigations: The Stories of the Occult Detectives
By Vikas Datta
Remember "Ghostbusters"? The 1984 film about three parapsychologists taking on supernatural phenomenon in New York sparked off a whole universe of spin-offs...
Writing is intellectual, photography emotional: William Dalrymple
By Mudita Girotra
New Delhi-- For William Dalrymple, the author of books like "City of Djiins", "In Xanadu" and "White Mughals", writing is an intellectual...
Bookends: A poetic journey, a saga of lifetime and an adventurous tale
Embark on a poetic journey where love and friendship gain new identities. There's also a unique literary experience that combines poems, short stories and...
Hindu nationalists carrying forward colonial idea of demonising Mughals: Audrey Truschke
By Preetha Nair
New Delhi-- Mughal rulers patronised Sanskrit literature in their courts, especially between AD 1560 to 1660, and also took up Persian translations...
Pakistani women’s status changing for the better: Author Kanza Javed
By Preetha Nair
New Delhi-- The new Pakistani woman is changing the face of the country and her status is undergoing a drastic makeover, says...