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2017 Reading order

2017 is an exciting year for books in India. Arundhati Roy, Kamila Shamsie and Mohsin Hamid will return with new...

8 Jan 2017 3:56 AM IST

Probably the most damning part of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose mystery relates to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastris surprising and mysterious death in Tashkent.

Bose: A case of what could have been

Gandhi put him under Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, whom Bose later acknowledged as his political guru.

6 Jan 2017 12:51 AM IST

Romancing the Chicks: Stories, Recipes and Thoughts by Mandaar Sukhtankar Westland pp.208, Rs 599.

Tantalising tales

Chef and now author, Mandaar Sukhtankar is as much at ease whipping up culinary delights as he is writing.

4 Jan 2017 12:23 AM IST

Hollywood actress Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher's books become bestsellers after her death

Fisher's book, The Princess Diarist, was on top of Amazon's list of best-selling books on Wednesday, just ahead of Zero...

30 Dec 2016 6:37 AM IST

From Inside The Steel Frame by Ashok Pandey, Palimpsest Publishers Rs 339

2016 was a year of books, books and more books

Gautam Padmanabhan, CEO, Westland Ltd finds 2016 as a year of steady growth at Westland.

30 Dec 2016 2:42 AM IST

A still from the movie Dangal

Man behind Aamir's Dangal look to reveal secrets in book

Aamir said, No cheat days! Reducing body fat to less than 10 per cent for Dangal was not easy.

30 Dec 2016 2:37 AM IST

Three-Body Problem is a trilogy and this is the first of the books, a tale of an alien invasion which, in classic Asimov fashion, has bearings on the political climate.

A tale of alien invasion on earth and its aftermath

Aliens are being threatened with extinction in the solar system to which they belong and their solution is to invade...

28 Dec 2016 12:06 AM IST

Dara Singh with his brother, Sardara Singh; Indira Gandhi; and three young fans of wrestling, Sanjay Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi; and Amitabh Bachchan.

king of the ring

When she started writing the book, Seema realised that Dara Singh was a very polite human being and was loved by all and...

28 Dec 2016 12:05 AM IST

Shashi Tharoor greets Governor P. Sathasivam at the launch of his latest work An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India . Journalist M.G. Radhakrishnan is seen next.

Throwing light on a dark era

At an interaction, in connection with launch of his new book, Shashi Tharoor clears misconceptions about contributions'...

26 Dec 2016 12:58 AM IST

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Best reads 2016

It impresses you with its authentic style and immediacy of the narrative, or realistic but flawed characters that stay...

25 Dec 2016 3:02 AM IST

Geeta Phogat (left) with sister, Babita Kumari (right).

Book: Geeta Phogat's mom wanted a baby boy

Geeta wrote her name in the record books, as she became India's woman gold medallist at the Commonwealth games.

23 Dec 2016 1:24 AM IST

Donald Trumps rise from celebrity candidate to improbable nominee and winner of an historic upset brought heightened attention to books old and new, fiction and non-fiction.

Books old and new in 2016 got boost from Trump candidacy

Kelly was subjected to prolonged and highly personal attacks from Trump and wrote that she received death threats from...

23 Dec 2016 1:18 AM IST