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All By Myself, Alone by Mary Higgins Clark Simon & Schuster, Rs 550

Book review: A glamorous cruise that turns deadly

This book comes across as a bit mild, perhaps the luxurious setting of this book does not lend a creepy effect.

10 Sept 2017 2:34 AM IST

The Decline of Civilization: Why we need to return to Gandhi and Tagore by Ramin Jahanbegloo Aleph, Rs 399

Empathy, morality: Traits of a civilised nation

The barbarians are not the ISIS then, despite the external barbarity they demonstrate.

10 Sept 2017 2:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi Mandala: Nehru line revisited

Doklam was China's way of telling India that they might be building ties with the US but really should remember who they...

8 Sept 2017 2:35 AM IST

Chitrita Banerji in her Bengali Cooking Seasons & Festivals covers Bengali food through the cycle of seasons and festivals linking the various flavours.

The taste of Bengal through different seasons and festivals

Not that any of these influences really changed the Bengali's main food focus, which was fish and vegetables.

6 Sept 2017 12:28 AM IST

Revisiting the sixties

Love, longing and coming of age intertwined with cultural, sexual, student revolutions and the music of the '60s.

6 Sept 2017 12:24 AM IST

Piglettes by Clementine Beauvais Penguin Random House, Rs 960.

Book review: A ride full of laughter, tears, sunshine

Astrid, 16, is not as blas© as Mireille about winning the Pig Pageant.

3 Sept 2017 2:43 AM IST

My Hanuman Chalisa by Devdutt Pattanaik Rupa, Rs 295.

Book review: An ode to the Hindu, Buddhist Monkey God

Other religions, mainly Buddhism, constantly weave themselves into the text as Pattanaik makes scholarly points of...

3 Sept 2017 2:42 AM IST

The villains are those who have been sinned against beyond bearing.

Djinns, fire and the earthly world of human beings

Wahid is teen in Karachi who has the ability to see creatures in the night with eyes of fire

30 Aug 2017 9:15 PM IST

My Daughters Mum: Essays By Natasha Badhwar Simon and Schuster India pp.264, Rs 262.

Growing up as a Mum

Reflections on parenting to marriage, faith and selfhood.

30 Aug 2017 9:09 PM IST

War with China is a huge possibility, says Meghnad Desai

Nationalism is one thing in which people don't calculate economic gain and loss.

28 Aug 2017 1:07 AM IST

A BA in International Relations and an MA in Global Media and Communications later, Aditi is now in the act of writing contemporary, dark themes.

A place where one can rewrite one's destiny

My childhood was scattered around India, Denmark and New England, she says, stating the varied sources of inspirations...

23 Aug 2017 12:24 AM IST

Kanta Bai Pvt Ltd: Musings of a Homepreneur Notion Press pp.132, Rs 249

Homepreneur humour

A story about a work-from-home mom, who sees humour in everything, amidst chaos, drama and multiple challenges.

23 Aug 2017 12:23 AM IST