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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

Insider Outsider: Belonging and Unbelonging in North East India Edited by Preeti Gill & Samrat Choudhary Amaryllis, Rs 399

Otherness and unbelonging in the Northeast

The focus of the Partition of India has for too long been on the line drawn on India's western border, through Punjab.

31 March 2019 4:43 AM IST

The Uninhabitable Earth: life after warming by David Wallace-Wells Penguin Random House Rs 499

Boldly questioning the climate status quo

The Arctic, Russia, the Nordic countries and Canada would be temperate, safe havens, which survivors would fight to...

31 March 2019 4:38 AM IST

Narendra Modi and L.K. Advani at a BJP national executive meeting. (Photo: PTI)

When realpolitik, and nothing else, determines state policy

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also a product of the same ideology as Modi; but he failed to create an organic mix of ideology...

29 March 2019 1:09 AM IST

Amartya Sen, who is the author of Reason before Identity.

How often do we place reason' before identity'?

A lot of innovative ideas were thrown up but the allotted time was over before the mike could come to me.

29 March 2019 12:54 AM IST

Head' for intrigue and a yen for drama

Jeffrey Archer's latest novel is an exciting blend that combines the nexus between politics and capitalism, making it a...

28 March 2019 5:12 AM IST

This is my surprise'

Chetan Bhagat during the launch of the Malayalam translation of his book The Girl in Room 105, relives his attempt to...

27 March 2019 1:39 AM IST

Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder by Bishweshar Nandi, Digvijay Singh Deo and Vimal Mohan Fingerprint Publishing, Rs 499

How Indian gymnast' stopped being an oxymoron

The book has some priceless photographs from the history of gymnastics in Tripura and some personal ones from Dipa's...

24 March 2019 2:44 AM IST