Book Review: Delhi’s princely palaces come alive in invaluable contribution to posterity
By Vishnu Makhijani
Book: Princely Palaces in New Delhi; Author: Sumanta K. Bhowmick; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Price: Rs.2,500; Pages: 263 (Profusely illustrated)
"Architecture is one of...
Books This Weekend: Tales of revenge, adventure, romance and motherhood
New Delhi-- Embark on an adventurous journey of a violin prodigy, the narrative of a 19 century merchant, the account of an adolescent's lust...
No Freudian slip! The psychoanalyst’s literary forays
By Vikas Datta
It is debatable but any list of influential thinkers must include these five men whose contributions to the study of mankind, and...
Philosophy, peace, and a Bollywood cameo: The relevance of Bertrand Russell
By Vikas Datta
Among the foremost thinkers of all ages, his contribution to knowledge spans maths, logic, history, philosophy and computer science at the very...
Bookends: Engaging tales for children this summer
Summer vacations have just started and what can be a better way than spending the hot afternoons with these engaging children's stories?
There's a three-book...
Book Review: Myth Breaker: How Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw broke the glass ceiling with Biocon
By Aparajita Gupta
Title: Myth Breaker: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw & the Story of Indian Biotech; Author: Seema Singh; Publisher: Collins Business; Pages: 324; Price: Rs.599
Start-ups may...
Tagore and his women
By Somrita Ghosh
New Delhi--Bimala lives under the shadow of her rich elite husband Nikhil. Despite being high-spirited, she has to remain subdued in the...
Bookends: Need tips on parenting in the age of anxiety, Facebook and McDonald’s
New Delhi-- In an era of teens and tweens facing the spectre of depression and getting overexposed to social media and junk food, parenting...
India, Pakistan were poised to sign peace treaty, but US played spoiler
By Vikas Datta
New Delhi--India and Pakistan had agreed on a peace and no-war treaty and were on the verge of signing it in July...
Bookends: Tales of love, greed and travel
How strong is the opposite attraction? Here is a tale of two extreme people from different professional world meeting - and love blossoms; a...