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Documenting the past

The Tagores and the Rays have always evoked interest, the two premier families of Bengal having spawned multiple...

30 Oct 2016 1:44 AM IST

Novel explores web of relations in Mumbai

Novel explores web of relations in Mumbai

A new book based in Mumbai explores the often-tangled web of human relationships and is a deviation from several recent...

28 Oct 2016 12:21 AM IST

Actor McHale imparts funny life lessons

Actor McHale imparts funny life lessons

When thinking of Joel McHale, some may immediately conjure images of the actor in the cult classic Community.

28 Oct 2016 12:19 AM IST

Emmy-award winning actor Bryan Cranston. (Photo: AP)

Cranston’s candid memoirs throws light on darker moments

Bryan Cranston seems so far apart from the murderous Walter White that one wonders how he was able to channel such...

28 Oct 2016 12:14 AM IST

Fascism not re-emerging, claims eminent historian

Europe is not slipping into the same dark tunnel of hate and nationalism that it did in the 1930s, one of the...

28 Oct 2016 12:11 AM IST

Always wanted to write a twisted thriller: Durjoy Datta

Author Durjoy Datta’s latest book, The Girl of My Dreams, continues his tradition of writing relevant and popular...

25 Oct 2016 10:10 PM IST

Sultan of Delhi: Ascension by Arnab Ray Hachette India pp. 304, Rs 223

Family dynamics

A political thriller about the business of crime centring around a man who controls the country but struggles to have a...

25 Oct 2016 10:06 PM IST

The Obsidian Chamber is crisp and exciting

The latest novel in Preston & Child’s Pendergast series picks up from the cliffhanger-ending of Crimson Shore and...

21 Oct 2016 2:02 AM IST

Readers will feel lost in The Tourist by Dickinson

Readers will feel lost in The Tourist by Dickinson

Robert Dickinson’s latest novel, The Tourist, is billed as a conspiracy thriller, but it’s a sci-fi novel...

21 Oct 2016 2:00 AM IST

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker launching line of books

Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker is coming up with a line of books.

21 Oct 2016 1:58 AM IST

Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest, dead

Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest, dead

Thom Jones, an acclaimed short-story writer who drew upon family tragedy and his own painful struggles for The Pugilist...

21 Oct 2016 1:56 AM IST

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A book is like an author’s baby: Sumit Agarwal

Sumit Agarwal is a graduate from IIT Kanpur and has been a successful businessman. He is also a music composer,...

18 Oct 2016 10:21 PM IST