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Philip Pullman poses outside Worcester College, in Oxford, England. (Photo AP)

Pullman reveals His Dark Materials follow-up

The new book begins a decade before the start of the original trilogy, but Pullman says it's not a prequel. Nor is it a...

17 Feb 2017 2:34 AM IST

Today Chandni Chowk is a bustle of hawkers and shops in Old Delhi, well off the citys mainstream and visited only by tourists. But that wasnt always the case.

A walk through history, revisiting a grand old city

Liddle's love for the Old City comes through clearly in this book heightened by a wealth of research from different...

15 Feb 2017 12:16 AM IST

Pakistani author Reema Abbasi

The soul of Sufism

Pakistani author Reema Abbasi spreads the message of unity and love by Khwaja Moeenuddin Chishti in her latest book.

15 Feb 2017 12:13 AM IST

The travelling belly By Kalyan Karmakar, Hachette India pp 282, Rs 290

Blogger Kalyan trails best of Indian street food in his book

Titled The Travelling Belly the book penned by food blogger Kalyan Karmakar is a delectable journey across 11 Indian...

10 Feb 2017 2:23 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

Tales of love at a stressful time

A collection of excerpts from S. Nihal Singh's Love in the Time of Emergency.

10 Feb 2017 2:16 AM IST

Novoneel Chakraborty

Dark tale of love

There is this mysterious girl who follows him everywhere and seduces him the way it is done in his novels.

8 Feb 2017 12:42 AM IST

An ordinary life in a century of great change

In an interview, Anand talks about his book, and the process behind penning it.

8 Feb 2017 12:30 AM IST

Mohanaswamy by Vasudhendra, translated by Rashmi Terdal HarperCollins, Rs 399

Book review: To be gay and sad in small-town India

The story Bed Bug is about his friend Shankar Gowda, a transsexual treated like dirt by the same heterosexual men.

5 Feb 2017 12:55 AM IST

A brush with shades of grey in the art market

A brush with shades of grey in the art market

Jay Malhotra comes a cropper with an investment scheme and finds himself out of a job.

1 Feb 2017 12:28 AM IST

Zuni Chopra (Photo: Avinash Gowariker)

Magical world all of its own

Zuni Chopra's fantasy fiction set in Kashmir is a dream that every child would like to see in the future.

1 Feb 2017 12:28 AM IST

A still from the movie Amrapali, a 1966 historical Hindi film, directed by Lekh Tandon, starring Vyjayanthimala and Sunil Dutt as leads.

Book review: A courtesan in search of truth, peace

The countless spies in her employment have informed Ambapali of the arrival of the Buddha.

29 Jan 2017 12:36 AM IST

An Unsuitable Boy by Karan Johar with Poonam Saxena Penguin, Rs 699

Book review: Dil se, the story of a South Bombay boy

Like any good film, the book can be divided into three parts the first section is about his growing up years.

29 Jan 2017 12:34 AM IST