Book review
Why are Vishnu’s avatars, Ram and Krishna, opposites?
Krishna married eight women and gave protection to 16,100 women.
The many shades of Jehangir, a quirky Emperor
The third Mughal Emperor, Akbar the Great, built an empire which “grew so large and so rich that it might have toppled the balance of the world”.
Book review: Voice of the Runes by Manjiri Prabhu, chilling tale of love and deceit
Author cleverly captures readers’ imagination all the while dropping hints at what maybe that what everything really appears to be.
Didi: Her turf, on her terms
Mamata emerged from her one-room house with shouts of “Mamata Banerjee zindabad”.
Book review: The Queen of Jasmine Country, an ode to Andal’s poetic journey in love
Dreams, desires and love; Sharanya Manivannan’s debut novel celebrates womanhood like never before.
Book Review: Dr Madhu Vajpayee’s I Owed You One is all about human nature
A bildungsroman of sorts, Dev's emotional journey back home is all about him trying to tie the loose ends of his life.
Stars in the august House: From Nargis to Rekha
Nehru invited Prithviraj Kapoor to his house for dinner, but he turned it down because the other crew members were not invited.
Zusak’s stories within stories delight, thrill, hurt
The Murderer now lives by the banks of a river. The old bridge across the river has been washed away; he wants to build a new bridge.
India’s freedom struggle told through the life of a little girl
A story relevant for all times. A book I would urge people to read, a book worthy of being read more than once.
A love story of two boys told simply
This is a book about how relationships are formed, what it takes to sustain them, and how to keep them going even when the future is uncertain.