‘The Leapfroggers’: Good read about India’s efforts to develop its own rockets
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Book: The Leapfroggers; Author: Ved Prakash Sandlas; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India; Pages: 220; Price: Rs 399
A discussion by space scientists on a...
Shahryar – the person and the poetry
By Mohammed Shafeeq
Book: Shahryar: A Life in Poetry; Author: Rakhshanda Jalil; Publisher: HarperCollins; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 226
Shahryar (1936-2012) was arguably one of the...
‘Eating Wasps’: A crisp take on tough choices confronting women
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Book: Eating Wasps; Author: Anita Nair; Publisher: Context; Pages: 256; Price: Rs 599
Anita Nair's "Eating Wasps" has the ability to unsettle you,...
Wealth, career, the purpose of life and fate
New Delhi-- Learn a strategic and practical way to create wealth; flick through easily accessible articles with ideas and wisdom that will help readers...
A comprehensive history of America’s ties with South Asia
By Bhavana Akella
Title: The Most Dangerous Place: A History of United States in South Asia; Author: Srinath Raghavan; Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane; Pages: 472;...
Homegrown Indian literature has come into its own: Writer Chetan Bhagat
By Saket Suman
New Delhi-- Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat, who has had his fair share of criticism by readers and writers of literary novels, says...
A political theorist’s act of resistance against his Partition ghost
By Saket Suman
Book: Looking for the Nation; Author: Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee; Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Pages: 202; Price: Rs 350
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee, who earned his...
Beyond romance and roses: Writing and living the modern marriage
By Saket Suman
Book: Knot for Keeps: Writing The Modern Marriage; Edited by: Sathya Saran; Publisher: HarperCollins; Pages: 164; Price: Rs 299
There is a temple...
Books this Weekend: Exploring a city, life’s challenges and a rape victim’s tale
New Delhi-- Go through a topographical anthology that explores sites of interest and recreates the key events, customs and lives of the past vis-a-vis...
For once, buttermilk rises to the top
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Book: Karno's Daughter; Author: Rimli Sengupta; Publisher: Context; Pages: 187; Price: Rs 499
In India, buttermilk is an often overlooked by-product of milk...
