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Journey of a woman: From victim to exploiter

Journey of a woman: From victim to exploiter

When Saanvri: The Story of a Concubine landed, I sat staring at the sensuousness spread out on the cover. What, with a...

9 Oct 2016 2:50 AM IST

‘Talks are the only way’

Anthropologist Nandini Sundar’s book, The Burning Forest: India’s War in Bastar, is an account of...

9 Oct 2016 2:46 AM IST

Exploring Draupadi’s modern sensibility

What happens when Draupadi, bored of heaven, decides to escape to earth with Amba, Kunti and Gandhari They land up in...

6 Oct 2016 11:58 PM IST

Seliger takes on the unsung in book of trans portraits

Among Mark Seliger’s subjects is a trans man who learned he was five and a half months pregnant, having gone off...

6 Oct 2016 11:56 PM IST

Never set out to become a children’s author: Kelly Clarkson

Singer Kelly Clarkson has her husband and nanny to thank for convincing her to turn a travel diary for her daughter into...

6 Oct 2016 11:45 PM IST

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