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The Parsi demi-god of Israel

The Parsi demi-god of Israel

Biographies written about artist-celebrities by Indian writers often read like extended Wikipedia pages. Or like a...

12 Jun 2016 6:17 AM IST

Gaiman has a lot to say about a lot

Gaiman has a lot to say about a lot

Warning: This book may make you want to read a bunch of other books. Maybe even buy a comic. On my list, recommended by...

8 Jun 2016 6:43 AM IST

Stephen King drives ‘Mercedes’ trilogy to an emotional end

Stephen King drives ‘Mercedes’ trilogy to an emotional end

Readers who missed Brady Hartsfield in the second book in Stephen King's trilogy about a psychotic killer will be...

8 Jun 2016 6:41 AM IST

Who, Stones, Bowie made 1971 rock’s best year, says author

Who, Stones, Bowie made 1971 rock’s best year, says author

Members of Rolling Stones (from left) Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ron Wood posing during a photo...

8 Jun 2016 6:39 AM IST

A strange turn of fate

An astrologer from a small town, feeling lost in a new city, finds himself caught in a twist of fate and irony.

8 Jun 2016 12:17 AM IST

A still from Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles.

Twist in the retell

Old stories morph into a modern tale of adventure with teleporting and environmental concerns thrown in.

8 Jun 2016 12:14 AM IST

Indira and the ‘Indian Rasputin’

An extract from the chapter “Indira Gandhi’s Guru: Dhirendra Brahmachari” from Bhavdeep Kang’s...

6 Jun 2016 1:21 PM IST

Trauma beneath a picture perfect life

I must begin my review of Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll with a disclaimer: after I finished it, I was totally...

5 Jun 2016 1:55 AM IST

Conflict Communication By I. Ramamohan Rao Pentagon Press, pp. 182, Rs 446

Delving into the details of conflict communication

Those who persuaded I. Ramamohan Rao to write this book — his daughter Smita and his son-in-law, Sanjiv Prakash,...

1 Jun 2016 6:07 AM IST

Surfing the online matrimonial market

Himika Ganguly is a marketing and communications professional and currently working as Senior assistant director, for...

31 May 2016 10:47 PM IST

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Fact to fiction

Romance blooms in a thriller that explores the horrifying crime circuit of selling and buying babies.

31 May 2016 10:45 PM IST

Argentina’s Lionel Messiis helped off the field after getting injured during Friday’s game. (Photo: AP)

A bumpy road to arranged marriage

Broadly, literature can be divided into fiction and non-fiction. The former is when the book happens inside you. You...

29 May 2016 6:24 AM IST