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The human library aims to use peoples experiences to challenge deep-seated prejudices and stereotypes.

Talking books: Now, borrow from the library of humans

The human books concept was first introduced in Denmark in 2000.

28 May 2017 2:00 AM IST

Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar

Book review: Lata, with malice towards none at all...

The book has carefully avoided anything which has the faintest semblance of controversy.

28 May 2017 12:38 AM IST

Book review: Romancing the past, fauji style

Book review: Romancing the past, fauji style

At heart, this book is about a love affair between a peacenik and a pilot with war as the backdrop.

28 May 2017 12:28 AM IST

Lab Girl By Hope Jahren Knopf, Rs1,335

Book review: A woman's story of science, sexism and success

The book, launched in India recently, has been making waves. It explores the author's personal and career growth...

26 May 2017 6:41 AM IST

Tree cutting at Wandoor for former President Pratibha Patils visit.

Book review: A case for our fragile ecosystem...

In his book, Sekhsarai is dedicated to the cause of retaining the endemic nature of the islands as well as its original...

26 May 2017 2:24 AM IST

I wrote it as a gift to myself, says Ruskin Bond

Looking for the Rainbow is a fine balance of enthusiasm, innocence, pain, loss and grief.

26 May 2017 2:23 AM IST

Vineet Wankhede

I'd love to have film adaptations of my books, says Vineet Wankhede

With his debut novel Collateral, the Pune-based author aims to make a name for him as one of the promising mystery...

24 May 2017 12:14 AM IST

A still from Under the Tuscan Sun for representational purpose.

Serenity amids turbulence

A charming and heartbreaking novel that captures the lush beauty of Dehradun during the turbulent times of the...

24 May 2017 12:14 AM IST

In his book, Deviate, world renowned neuroscientist and TED speaker Beau Lotto, takes the readers on a journey of how we perceive things and tries to explain how our own perception works.

Book trail: Reality and perception: how we see the world

It is a fact of neuroscience that everything we experience is a figment of our imagination.

21 May 2017 2:40 AM IST

The Small-Town Sea by Anees Salim Penguin Random House, Rs 599.

Book review: Where death plays like a broken record

The problem with writing similar books so quickly together is that the Dickensian pathos Salim is trying to achieve is...

21 May 2017 1:07 AM IST

Kawas, Sylvia and their daughter Tannaz (1955)

Book review: Nanavati, the gentleman killer

Kawas Nanavati died 14 years ago. Sylvia lives on in Ontario with her children and grandchildren.

21 May 2017 1:03 AM IST

Haulianlal Guite

Blurring the lines between science and religion

Mr Guite questions atheists over their claim that religion and God are matter of faith while atheism is scientific and...

19 May 2017 1:13 AM IST