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A peek into behind the scenes of fashion

Loic Prigent’s book I Love Fashion But it’s Everything That I Hate, a collection of snippets of overheard...

6 Oct 2016 11:43 PM IST

A fresco from the Ajanta and Ellora Caves dating back to the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.

The way we dress

A book that connects the dots from ancient India to now, and makes it easy to understand why India dresses the way it...

4 Oct 2016 11:08 PM IST

‘Rao acted immediately. No politician should think they have too much time’

‘Rao acted immediately. No politician should think they have too...

Dr Sanjaya Baru, author, former media adviser to the-then PM Dr Manmohan Singh, and editor-journalist, economist,...

2 Oct 2016 1:22 AM IST

P.V. Narasimha Rao

1991 made Rao He made 1991

In his 90th birthday gift to his illustrious father B.P.R. Vithal, who knew P.V.

2 Oct 2016 12:31 AM IST

Chetan Bhagat walks in a woman’s shoes

Author Chetan Bhagat is set to capture the imagination of his readers with One Indian Girl — a first for him, as...

30 Sept 2016 10:11 PM IST

Hollywood scriptwriting: Top prize for an Indian

Hollywood scriptwriting: Top prize for an Indian

Adite Banerjie, a New Delhi-based author and screenwriter, has been declared the first runner-up in the Finish Line...

30 Sept 2016 12:51 AM IST

Shatner’s Zero-G is an inconsistent sci-fi novel

Shatner’s Zero-G is an inconsistent sci-fi novel

Imagine someone similar to actor William Shatner as an FBI deputy director running a space station in the year 2050.

30 Sept 2016 12:27 AM IST

Home by Coben is a suspenseful and twisty tale

Home by Coben is a suspenseful and twisty tale

Fans of Harlan Coben will be thrilled to learn that he brings back his iconic series character Myron Bolitar to tackle a...

30 Sept 2016 12:25 AM IST

Naya Rivera (Photo: AP )

Naya Rivera shares why timing is everything in her new book

Naya Rivera writes about a number of personal subjects in her new book, Sorry Not Sorry, but says one of the hardest was...

30 Sept 2016 12:22 AM IST

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A guide to survival in a teetering world

Eight friends on their way up to Class XII with their fill of dating and undating and fights and fall outs. At that...

27 Sept 2016 10:23 PM IST

Kingpin by Kavita Daswani, Speaking Tiger pp.248, Rs 299

That’s rich!

A young and handsome business tycoon’s dubious route to riches.

27 Sept 2016 10:20 PM IST

Tanya Tania by Antara Ganguli Bloomsbury, Rs 299.

A chronicle of two countries and lives in letters

In a reading career of about 40 years, I’ve come across many, many misleading blurbs, but few as downright...

25 Sept 2016 7:14 AM IST