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Sakshama Puri Dhariwal

Wedding shebang

Romance blooms when a photographer meets a real estate tycoon on a flight in a Bollywood-esque way.

4 May 2016 12:00 AM IST

Matters of size and soulmates

Matters of size and soulmates

Maybe it’s because I’m middle-aged that where once I thought chick-lit was cute, today I think it’s...

30 April 2016 10:51 PM IST

The ‘rebel’ queen who never emerges as the hero

A statue of Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi.

27 April 2016 6:20 AM IST

Inspiration struck in an auto ride

Author Andaleeb Wajid has published eight novels, notable among them being My Brother’s Wedding, More than Just...

26 April 2016 11:01 PM IST

The toughest part of writing is to keep going, in spite of all the constant fears nagging you.

Taking the tough road

A love triangle in a tale of identity and betrayal has a protagonist who represents everybody who has had to make tough...

26 April 2016 10:58 PM IST

Mor Pankh in the land of the pure

Mor Pankh in the land of the pure

In the chaos that prevails around us, the most authentic hope comes from mystics whose poetry and philosophy combines...

23 April 2016 10:40 PM IST

India’s War: The Making of Modern South Asia, 1939 to 1945 by Srinath Raghavan Penguin Random House pp: 550, Rs 699.

Call of duty: The war that made a country

India’s fight against the axis and the days before, and after, the great second war.

20 April 2016 2:43 AM IST

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400 years on, Cervantes still enchants

He is best known for Don Quixote, but the eventful life of Spain’s revered author Miguel de Cervantes was just as...

20 April 2016 1:25 AM IST

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India gets richer

The apartment building in which I live is at the very end of Marine Drive. At that point this most magnificent of...

20 April 2016 1:22 AM IST

Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court By Audrey Truschke Penguin pp. 336, Rs 699

Sanskrit shone at Mughal court

It is a pleasure to recognise at the very outset that Audrey Truschke’s Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the...

20 April 2016 1:17 AM IST

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You can’t time the gush of ideas: Mukul Kumar

Mukul Kumar, an Indian railway traffic officer presently working with the ministry of railways, is as passionate about...

19 April 2016 10:16 PM IST

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Reimagining an epic

Gautam Chikermane’s Tunnel of Varanavat is an ambitious retelling of the Mahabharatha, through the eyes of a...

19 April 2016 10:12 PM IST