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'Start-up' something like love

Author Sheila Kumar's new book Our Start-Up Affair shows us how beautiful love can be even in metropolitan city.

18 April 2019 11:51 PM IST

God Save the Honble Supreme Court, By Fali S Nariman, Penguin, Rs 699

When rivalry trumped decorum in the highest court

One can discern a note of despair in the title of Fali Nariman's book, God Save the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

14 April 2019 4:59 AM IST

Communalism couldnt hold back this Sarkari Mussalman

Communalism couldn't hold back this Sarkari Mussalman'

Adopted by his mother's sister, Zameer spent his first five years with her and his maternal grandfather, from whom he...

12 April 2019 2:05 AM IST

A Riveting Read

Filled with interesting anecdotes and well known truisms, former US Attorney Preet Bharara's debut book Doing Justice...

10 April 2019 12:20 AM IST

Demons and Demigods: Death Penalty in India, by Aparna Jha Oxford University Press, Rs 495.

Persuasive argument against death penalty

In India, from the time of Raja Nand Kumar's case (1775) to the decision of the Supreme Court in the Bachan Singh case...

7 April 2019 3:47 AM IST

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj, By Anita Anand Simon & Schuster, Â£20

Scholarly, racy: Twin retellings of Bloody Baisakhi

Udham Singh, a Sikh orphan who was radicalised by the massacre, spent his life hunting down the man he held ultimately...

7 April 2019 3:38 AM IST

Dhanesh Jain (1939-2019). (Photo: Dinesh Sinha)

Goodbye Dhanesh Jain, Ratna Sagar's gentle giant

The received wisdom then and even now was that return on investment was better in textbook publishing and best in school...

5 April 2019 1:12 AM IST

Queen Victoria had nine children and 42 grandchildren, who spread across the monarchies of Europe.

The weight of sheer numbers in changing history's course

nyone even slightly interested in the story of humankind's continuing evolution must read it.

5 April 2019 1:09 AM IST

A tale from Bihar of 90s

Author Abdullah Khan's debut novel Patna Blues delves into the life of a civil service aspirant Muslim boy in Bihar.

3 April 2019 1:40 AM IST

Sitayana by Amit Majmudar, Publishing House: Penguin, pp. 256, Rs 399.

An epic retelling

Amit Majmudar's novel narrates the saga of a popular epic in a gripping manner.

3 April 2019 1:40 AM IST

Kartikeya went ahead, working as a bartender for free food and accommodation.

World is the best teacher'

Kartikeya Ladha is travelling through Southwest India on foot to meet people and write his second book.

1 April 2019 12:34 AM IST

Festival Stories: Through the Year by Rachna Chhabria HarperCollinsChildrensBooks Rs 250

Knowing India through festivals and recipes

It is both no-nonsense and entertaining, and put together with a great deal of care and humour.

31 March 2019 4:49 AM IST