Home » Books

Books - Page 131

Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! The Stars! by DK, Penguin Random House, Rs 1,299.

A glamorous, readable history of Bollywood

The only cavil I have is its flashy cover, which does not convey the actual, very well-researched and written content!

10 Dec 2017 1:04 AM IST

Sunita Narain, of the Centre for Science and Environment. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Fixing the air is everyone's job, says Sunita Narain

I have had many other American commentators, equally well known, who have come and interviewed me but I have always been...

8 Dec 2017 12:34 AM IST

Amitabh Bachchan, Raja Sen and Vishal K. Bharadwaj at the book launch Viral Bhayani

Raja Sen launches a book you cannot refuse

Raja Sen, who launched his first children's book, says that his creation is a tribue to the Francis Ford Coppola's...

7 Dec 2017 12:55 AM IST

The creator of Zen Comics shared his tryst with cartooning with us in a candid chat.

Doodling the comic to inspire

The creator of Zen Comics shared his tryst with cartooning with us in a candid chat.

7 Dec 2017 12:15 AM IST

Aishwarya T. Anish

Searching inspiration through the eyes of a poet

Aishwarya T. Anish, who belongs to Kerala, has always loved to write.

6 Dec 2017 12:15 AM IST

Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! The Stars! DK Publishing Private Limited pp.360, Rs844.

When Bollywood beckons

What is it that has made the Hindi film industry alluring to its fans over the ages? A mammoth new chronicle takes you...

6 Dec 2017 12:15 AM IST

Just the way a mother slips in some healthy vegetables in the tiffin of her child, Pattanaik sprinkles the lesson of Dharma (a tough topic to teach children) throughout the book for kids.

Explaining dharma to young children

Pattanaik deals with the facts with gentle brush strokes, lending the book a smooth flow.

3 Dec 2017 1:05 AM IST

The Flavour of Spice is a book focused on the spices used most often in Indian cooking, tracing their history as far back as possible, and investigating their mysteries deeply.

A book born out of curiosity over spices

Reshii eventually solved the kalpasi mystery, but it is her descriptions of situations like this that make her book so...

3 Dec 2017 1:02 AM IST

Founder of Jane Austen Society of Pakistan Laaleen Sukhera.

Celebrating Jane Austen's world in modern society

Sukhera puts it down as being the relevance of Austen's works even in contemporary world.

1 Dec 2017 2:58 AM IST

Muskans library remains open between 5 pm and 7 pm every day with 20 to 25 kids coming in daily (Photo: Pixabay)

Say no more

In the 1980s, two of the greatest book collections in history were auctioned at astronomical values.

1 Dec 2017 1:03 AM IST

Capturing Kashmir from reel to real life

We talk to Karan about his new innings as a writer and how he researched for the book.

29 Nov 2017 3:34 AM IST

Spilling the beans

Anita Kumar, who has come up with a brilliant book exploring confessions over coffee, talks about what inspires her.

29 Nov 2017 3:33 AM IST