Noted Tamil writer Rajanarayanan dies at 98
Chennai-- Noted Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi award winner Ki Rajanarayanan, popularly known as Ki Ra passed away in Puducherry.
Rajanarayanan was 98 and is...
I always have a story to complete: Ruskin Bond
By Sukant Deepak
New Delhi-- Ruskin Bond will be celebrating his 87th birthday tomorrow -- writing a new story sitting on his old desk in...
With humour and heart, quelling curiosity about periods
New Delhi-- What are periods? And why is it such a big secret, 11-year-old Aditya really wants to know.
Ever since Rhea didi began getting...
‘Life in a forest evokes empathy for all living beings’
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi-- Award-winning childrens author Vaishali Shroff belongs to a family of wildlife enthusiasts. While her husband and children look for interesting...
Kerala doctor re-lives his days in Russia behind the ‘iron curtain’
Thiruvananthapuram-- A Kerala doctor Hari Kumar who studied medicine in the erstwhile USSR, after decades re-lives his life and times, like experimenting with vodka,...
Time to sharpen your inner black box
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi-- His three teen and preteen daughters find it hilarious that their father has written a book about memory; they believe...
Ruskin Bond handpicks his favourite children’s stories ahead of 87th birthday
By Siddhi Jain
New Delhi-- India's favourite writer Ruskin Bond has brought forth a carefully curated and handpicked collection of his short stories in a...
Fighting Covid the alkaline way, a doctor shows how
New Delhi-- In the midst of Covid-19, when the world is at a loss over how to tackle the pandemic unleashed by the coronavirus,...
The intriguing story of how Sikkim became India’s 22nd state
New Delhi-- Sikkim remains an enigma for most, with many misconceptions about its history and its merger with India in 1975. In "Sikkim -...
Political machinations, deadly resistance over 2 centuries of Indian history
New Delhi-- From multi-award-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple comes a four-book collection chronicling the thrilling rise and fall of the East India Company.
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