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Author Tilak Devasher believes that the collapse or failure of the Pakistani state cannot be good news, both for the region and for the world.

Reflecting on Pakistan's failures

An account of how Pakistan has doomed itself and how it will affect the world.

24 Feb 2017 6:59 AM IST

I try to trust my instincts and go with the flow, says Nikita Singh

Suri from the film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is one of my favourite fictional characters.

22 Feb 2017 12:32 AM IST

Weaving an epic legacy

Weaving an epic legacy

He finished the first draft in 64 days and sent it off to a few friends to read.

22 Feb 2017 12:32 AM IST

Dont Look Down by Karishma Attari Penguin, Rs 299

Book review: A tale of unconditional love in the purgatory

The plot of the book is quicksand terrain one never knows what is going to rise from or sink into its menacing...

19 Feb 2017 2:04 AM IST

Mumbai to Durban: Indias Greatest Tests by S. Giridhar and V.J. Raghunath Juggernaut, Rs 799

Book review: A delightful chronicle of Test cricket

Each of the Tests covered is a tale of valour and heroism win, lose or draw.

19 Feb 2017 2:03 AM IST

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