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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

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