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Aliens in delhi by Sami Ahmad Khan Niyogi Books pp. 300, Rs 190.

SF seeks to come of age in India

Other languages too have seen occasional efforts but it is only in the last few years that the genre has begun to...

28 Jun 2017 12:53 AM IST

The windfall by Diksha Basu Bloomsbury India pp. 304, Rs 374.

Comedy of manners

The story of a family's journey towards realising what it means to make it' in modern India.

28 Jun 2017 12:52 AM IST

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Dealers to protest at Jantar Mantar against General Motors

The dealers are anguished by the decision of GM India to quit the domestic market without providing adequately for them.

26 Jun 2017 2:29 PM IST

The Holy Woman by Qaisra Shahraz Tara India Research Press, Rs 395

Book review: A feminist, conditions applied'...

The book is all about izzat, mother's tears, father's pride, a child who needs a mother, a mother who needs the company...

25 Jun 2017 12:57 AM IST

Behind Bars: Prison Tales of Indias Most Famous by Sunetra Choudhury Roli Books, Rs 395

Book review: Page 3 crowd and their shenanigans in Tihar

The book is a respectable initiative towards the commencement of a dialogue over life in Indian jails.

25 Jun 2017 12:52 AM IST

Unsung heroes of Fort champion reading

Unsung heroes of Fort champion reading

Yakuta Haji walks down DN Road, mingling with the unlikliest minds trying to kindle the passion of reading into the...

24 Jun 2017 12:34 AM IST

A file picture of Mohammed Ali Jinnah

How Pakistan is courting the abyss

For Jinnah, Pakistan' was more a means of grasping power, rather than any conviction of creating an Islamic state.

23 Jun 2017 12:48 AM IST

Shanthi Sekaran

Motherly love and painful realities of immigration

Shanthi joined an MFA program at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and took her first step into writing.

21 Jun 2017 12:42 AM IST

The queen by Anita Sivakumaran Juggernaut pp.296, Rs 278.

Woman of steel

The fictionalised story of a woman's meteoric rise to fame and power from a student to a superstar and then to chief...

21 Jun 2017 12:41 AM IST

Things to Leave Behind, by Namita Gokhale Penguin Random House India, Rs 305.

The history of love

It is this part of the novel that introduces us to the characters whose lives we will follow for the remainder.

18 Jun 2017 5:25 AM IST

Reporting Pakistan, by Meena menon Penguin Random House India 384 pages; Rs 599.

Joys and travails of being an Indian reporter in Pakistan

Alas, just reporting the politics in our context sharpens bellicosity in the reader's mind and does not draw in the many...

18 Jun 2017 5:19 AM IST

Two Saints: Speculations Around and About Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi by Arun Shourie Harper Collins, Rs 515.

Two separate lives, a singular pursuit

These are figures that have millions of devotees and whose words have revelatory and evidentiary status.

18 Jun 2017 5:13 AM IST