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Life, the way greed shapes it

Life, the way greed shapes it

I think I may once, in my youth, have been to a nightclub in Mumbai a bit like Tram 83, the one in the eponymous book by...

19 Jun 2016 12:42 AM IST

India’s Wars: A Military History, 1947-1971 By Arjun Subramaniam HarperCollins, pp. 576, Rs 559

A praiseworthy history of armed forces

Most of us who serve the nation’s flag for three or four decades are witness to or even participate in events that...

15 Jun 2016 6:30 AM IST

I am not a victim of writer’s block: Mayank Shekhar

After Bombay Talkies in 2006, film critic and journalist Mayank Shekhar took a decade’s time to come out with his...

14 Jun 2016 10:34 PM IST

Ancient Chants For Modern Living by Aatmanika Ram, Westland pp.143, Rs 187

Power of chanting

The importance of healthy living through yoga, meditation and chanting

14 Jun 2016 10:31 PM IST

The gentleman actor from another time

The gentleman actor from another time

While we tend to think of Shashi Kapoor as one of the best known film stars of his time, the fact is that he was always...

12 Jun 2016 6:20 AM IST

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