In search of a suitable girl
By Saket Suman
Hardly has any novel been awaited with as much curiosity and anticipation in recent times as Vikram Seth's sequel to the monumental...
A kaleidoscope of Pakistan’s other surprising side
By Vikas Datta
Title: Points of Entry: Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan; Author: Nadeem Farooq Paracha; Publisher: Tranquebar; Pages: 188; Price: Rs 499
In...
‘Ocean Rimmed World’: The Ocean giveth, but the ocean also taketh away
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Book: Ocean Rimmed World; Author R.N. Joe D'Cruz; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 563; Price: 575
Universally, the travails of fishermen at...
Laughter: A diagnosis, and some personal prescriptions
By Vikas Datta
Laughter is our audible reaction, usually involuntary, to something that amuses us -- yet, it is a complex emotional expression that can...
Of risk planning, Nagas, texting and nagins
New Delhi-- Know how adequate risk planning is the key in ensuring the future of the family; go through a collection of 19 short stories...
That scar is permanent, Saeed Mirza on Modi’s Gujarat legacy
By Saket Suman
New Delhi-- He has been called an angry radical, an anarchist and a lot of other things but multiple award-winning director of...
The mean, tough war machine and its complex course
By Vikas Datta
Title: Tanks: 100 Years of Evolution; Author: Richard Ogorkiewicz; Publisher: Osprey Publishing; Pages: 392; Price: Rs 499
Their looming profile and bristling armaments...
An astute study of early Indian sociology
By Saket Suman
Book: Conceptualising Man and Society; Author: Pradip Kumar Bose; Publisher: Orient BlackSwan; Pages: 162; Price: Rs 595
What is a man's relation to...
Non-cooperation, revenge and WMDs in 1920s Calcutta
By Vikas Datta
Title: Smoke And Ashes; Author: Abir Mukherjee; Publisher: Harvill Secker/Penguin Random House; Pages: 352; Price: Rs 599
Its foundations already shaken by Jallianwala...
Selected offerings for children to read this summer vacation
New Delhi--The scorching heat of the summer may be one of the most dreadful times of the year for the grown-ups but for children,...
