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Pralay The Great Deluge by Vineet Bajpai VB Performance LLP pp 315; Rs 250.

Vineet Bajpai's Harappa trilogy is a perfect mix of history, fiction...

India, with its rich culture and unmatched heritage has a veritable treasure of stories just waiting to be told.

5 Oct 2018 3:21 AM IST

Test Cricketers of India by Kishin R. Wadhwaney and Ravi Kant Srivastava, Sports Educational Technologies, Daryaganj, New Delhi.

This tome will come in handy for fans

Books seem almost old-fashioned these days, but they need to be on the shelves of every book lover as well as cricket...

2 Oct 2018 12:57 AM IST

The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev, HarperCollins, Rs 299.

A touching story of love, longing and sacrifices in showbiz

The book falls short of a literary masterpiece and that is not because of its flawed heroine.

30 Sept 2018 1:42 AM IST

Sugandhi Alias Andal Devanayaki by T.D. Ramakrishnan, translated by Priya K. Nair, HarperCollins, Rs 399.

Gendered resistance meshes myth

The novel is of 242 pages, out of which 115 pages are devoted to myth only.

30 Sept 2018 1:41 AM IST

Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns by John Zubrzycki, Pan Macmillan, Rs 699.

The circumstance and pomp of magic

Zubrzycki focuses on magic and its derivates as entertainment, and has brought to life the history of the art in India.

30 Sept 2018 1:39 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

In Pak, the more things change, the more they stay the same

If there's one point the book drives home, it is that little ever changes in Pakistan.

28 Sept 2018 4:57 AM IST

Manu Bhattathiri

Turning on the rustic charm

Manu Bhattathiri's new novel, The Town, just like his collection of short stories, will be set in Karuthupuzha.

26 Sept 2018 12:06 AM IST

In search of self

Twinkle Khanna's novel is a light-hearted read, is laced with wit and has its moments of sensitivity.

26 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

The Return of the Railway Children by Lou Kuenzler Scholastic, Rs 755

A nostalgic touch to children's adventures

So it's an apprehensive bunch of children who step off the train at the village.

23 Sept 2018 2:06 AM IST

Hungry Gods by Richa Lakhera Rupa, Rs 295

A mature thriller rooted in an unforgiving setting

Most of the characters are terribly unpleasant and seem to dislike each other as well.

23 Sept 2018 1:56 AM IST

A still from The Girl in Room 105 trailer

Trailer talk

Book trailers a product of the West have gradually made their way into Indian literary circles. But is the trend here...

22 Sept 2018 1:03 AM IST

offer him all things, charred, burned & cindered By Kala Krishnan Pp. 194, Rs 399 Context

'It's not lonely anymore for poets'

I can't really say I wanted to be a writer I wanted to be a nurse.

19 Sept 2018 12:12 AM IST