Writer’s cut: Iconic films that could be books too
By Vikas Datta
Among the divisions in our already fractured world, one is between those who derive recreation from the printed word and those who...
Books This Weekend: Daddy’s Boy, You Are the Best Wife and The Spectacular Miss
Embark on a new vision for India-Indonesia relations in the 2015-2025 decade, a boy's plight to fulfil his father's last wish, a girl's journey...
Book Review: A Dog Eat Dog-Food World: Satire on businesses
By Arvind Padmanabhan
Title: "A Dog Eat Dog World"; Author: C. Suresh; Publisher: Fablery Publications; Pages: 85; Price: Rs.150.
For a chemical engineer who has spent...
Bookends: Love, and its strange occurrences and outcomes in fiction
By Vikas Datta
It is that time of the year again when love and its expression is on everyone's minds - and makes for a...
Book Review: Intricacies and difficulties of arranged marriages
By Vikas Datta
Title: Do You Know Any Good Boys?; Author: Meeti Shroff-Shah; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 195; Price: Rs.250
Humans have a penchant for...
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...
