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Koi Good News? The stork tells it all

She feels that in an extended Indian family and nosy society, one can see how hilarious and outrageous the journey of...

4 July 2018 1:15 AM IST

Page Turner' about life

The writer is a healer who has traipsed through deep introspection to unearth little known realisations about yourself.

4 July 2018 1:15 AM IST

Love & Rage: The Inner Worlds of Children by Nupur Dhingra Paiva Yoda Press, Rs 450

Exploring the complex inner worlds of kids

It's not easy being a parent, but going by Paiva's case studies it is even more difficult being a child.

1 July 2018 4:47 AM IST

Anita Gets Bail by Arun Shourie HarperCollins, Rs 699

A scoreboard of judicial accountability

On the one hand, Anita Gets Bail tracks the brilliance of our judiciary, while on the other it lays bare its clay feet.

1 July 2018 4:26 AM IST

$\In the four phases of her life, Kavita had encountered four men who eventually leave a deep impression on her, Singh narrates.$ Books

Grace is all about celebrating life's victory over battles of heart,...

Novel touches upon human psychology, but above all remains testament of affections, affectations and a journey that...

30 Jun 2018 2:16 PM IST

Indias National Security: Annual Review 2018 By Satish Kumar, Pentagon Press, pp. 416, Rs 1,295

India's national security: An integrated view

Section V dwells on strategic concerns directly affecting India's defensive and offensive capabilities in warfare.

29 Jun 2018 1:43 AM IST

The book focuses mainly on the darker side of humanity.

IT guy who found his m©tier in writing

A positive feedback from a Chennai-based film director gives further life to his story.

29 Jun 2018 12:32 AM IST

A young writer's food for the soul

She realised her urge to tell food stories after finishing her training as a journalist.

27 Jun 2018 12:47 AM IST

Rochelle Potkar

High on haibun

Rochelle Potkar's Paper Asylum is a refreshing reinvention of a unique Japanese form of writing.

27 Jun 2018 12:46 AM IST

Prison days and other poems by Agyeya Hurst, Rs 250

Of dreams and vision, hopes and desires

And so I commend these poems and perhaps they might move others, as they have moved me.

24 Jun 2018 2:24 AM IST

Familiar Strangers by Samah, Penguin India, Rs 250

A little more humour would have done the trick

The depiction of Priya and Chirag's deathly dull and boring marriage works well, though.

24 Jun 2018 12:41 AM IST

Sharmila Tagore and Uttam Kumar in a scene from the film Nayak

Reading a cinematic masterpiece, literally

The only way the novelised Nayak can find readers is by reviving the enthusiasm that one might have felt when one first...

24 Jun 2018 12:39 AM IST