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Realistic Clark hits stride with a page-turning novel

Moral Defense by former Los Angeles prosecutor Marcia Clark has it all: a hard-charging lawyer heroine, tough-as-nails...

11 Nov 2016 2:39 AM IST

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Lil Wayne’s jail memoir talks of highs and lows

Lil Wayne said the people around him helped him get through his stint in prison for gun possession. (Photo: AP)

11 Nov 2016 2:37 AM IST

Harshika Daryanani

As a writer I struggle with fantasy fiction: Harshika Daryanani

Born and brought up in Hyderabad, and now settled in Dubai, Harshika Daryanani was egged on by her husband, Dilip, and...

8 Nov 2016 11:36 PM IST

Exploring the hypocrisy of Indian society

Exploring the hypocrisy of Indian society

When I’d first met Renee Ranchan, almost 18 years back, she came across as a restless poet —- one of those...

6 Nov 2016 2:18 AM IST

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The Raj, the colony and some home truths

“The reason why history is relevant today is because it is still something we can argue about,” says Dr...

6 Nov 2016 2:15 AM IST

A well-crafted, daring attempt

A well-crafted, daring attempt

Love Is Not Lost is unfeigned literature of the contemporary times. It is a collection of six beautifully crafted love...

4 Nov 2016 2:28 AM IST

William Henry Harrison

Book tells real, imagined stories of 1984 riots

1984: In Memory and Imagination — Personal Essays and Stories on the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, edited by Vikram Kapur,...

4 Nov 2016 2:25 AM IST

Election year fatigue Blame it in part on the race of 1840

Election year fatigue Blame it in part on the race of 1840

Presidential elections are a foundation of American democracy dating back to George Washington. But presidential...

4 Nov 2016 2:23 AM IST

How the Brits influenced Indians...to read Wodehouse, and drink tea!

I am conscious that there is something ironic about English-speaking Indians like myself attacking the British in...

4 Nov 2016 2:17 AM IST

‘Lives and legends of Sufi poets remain an inspiration’

Ankit Chadha, a writer and storyteller, has been working to revive Dastangoi since 2010.

2 Nov 2016 12:02 AM IST

Debashis Chatterjee

Re-imagining the epic

Debashis Chatterjee brings together tales from the Mahabharata, and applies them to the drama and the politics that goes...

1 Nov 2016 11:59 PM IST

A supernatural tale of murder and desire

A supernatural tale of murder and desire

The last time I was so overwhelmed by storytelling that I didn’t even notice that the book I was reading was minus...

30 Oct 2016 1:47 AM IST