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The rice field at Ritz Mandapa in Bali

Doing better in maths: Chinese tips

Malcolm Gladwell in his book The Outliers states we have different number-naming systems in Western and Asian languages.

24 Nov 2017 12:10 AM IST

Archer divides his stories into crime and whodunits, tales that can be described as morality tales and stories of luck and just deserts.

Eavesdropping on old scandals

There's something comforting about his story telling style it is so nostalgically old fashioned.

22 Nov 2017 2:51 AM IST

Preti first got introduced to King Lear at school where her teacher inspired her to see the relevance of the play in her own life. (Photo: Louise Haywood Schiefer)

Modern take on Lear

A debut novel adapts a Shakespearean tragedy and sets it in modern India.

22 Nov 2017 2:51 AM IST

Smile by Roddy Doyle, Publisher: Jonathan Cape, Rs 449

Book review: It doesn't leave you for days

Victor's memories of school lead to memories of his life after school, as a speaker unafraid to share his opinions on...

19 Nov 2017 1:31 AM IST

We That Are Young by Preti Taneja Pages 545 Rs 599 Penguin Random House 2017

Book review: King Lear revisited ...in a business clan

There are other versions of the story of this mythological pre-Roman Celtic King Leir of Britain in which good actually...

19 Nov 2017 1:28 AM IST

Where a book finds a shelf

The idea to create a platform for authors had been germinating in Lavanya's mind for quite a while.

18 Nov 2017 1:08 AM IST

Audiobooks have had a mixed reception in India as the consumer listening experience is overwhelmingly for music.

Hearing stories: Audiobooks may become next big thing

There is an interesting anecdote to the history of promoting audiobooks.

17 Nov 2017 1:09 AM IST

A still from Final Girl.

Fatal attraction

Tangled tales of young love, heartbreak, perversion, bitterness, sexual predators and a serial killer on the hunt.

15 Nov 2017 12:10 AM IST

Zanskar to Ziro: No Stilettos in the Himalayas by Sohini Sen, Niyogi Books, Rs 995

Book review: It makes you fall in love with the hills

I want to explore the Himalayas with this book, just as the author did, not zip past them.

12 Nov 2017 1:13 AM IST

Saeed Jaffrey (left) and Sanjeev Kumar in a scene from Shatranj Ke Khilari.

Book review: A producer decodes a master director

This book, however, is more than just about a film in the making.

12 Nov 2017 1:11 AM IST

Birders using a tower hide to gain views over foreground vegetation.

Now tell it to the birds...

It's perhaps not that well known, that books on birds have a very good market in India and have a defined readership.

10 Nov 2017 12:49 AM IST

The authors have been given the freedom to let their imaginations loose in whichever direction suits them.

A bookful of shivers from an assortment of authors

Shinie Anthony has gathered together a bookful of shivers from an assortment of authors.

8 Nov 2017 12:54 AM IST