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Poetic allure of the number nine

For Anupama Raju, inspiration can sprout from anywhere, even something as mundane and tiresome as a pothole on the road.

2 Feb 2016 9:26 PM IST

Write way to find love

Preeti Shenoy’s latest non-fiction outing is a well-researched and balanced overview at how to tackle several...

2 Feb 2016 9:24 PM IST

Meet Soumitra, 81 India’s best actor

Meet Soumitra, 81 India’s best actor

Shyam Benegal likens Soumitra Chatterjee’s measured performance as a standoffish, socially awkward suitor in...

30 Jan 2016 8:30 PM IST

Laughter that doesn’t reach the eyes

Laughter that doesn’t reach the eyes

Pre-publication praise does not always do a book good. It can create expectations that are truly hard for the author to...

30 Jan 2016 8:27 PM IST

A Birthday Cake for George Washington, by Ramin Ganeshram

Recent controversies spark discussion about slavery books

When children’s author-illustrator Don Tate works on a book about slavery, he keeps in mind that a smile must be...

27 Jan 2016 1:27 AM IST

Security fears drown voices against AFSPA

It is ironical and yet revealing that the Northeast — the Seven Sisters, as they are called — is best known...

27 Jan 2016 1:22 AM IST

The life you love and the love of your life

Writers seem to like escaping from their jobs to odd places, but in this case the writers in question are Ambujakshi...

26 Jan 2016 9:35 PM IST

16 and abandoned

A young adult novel about a 16-year-old girl trying to deal with her mother abandoning her family, taking care of her...

26 Jan 2016 9:34 PM IST

Jihad versus Raj’s divide and rule

Jihad versus Raj’s divide and rule

Tariq Hasan introduces and concludes this erratic but essential history by telling us why it was necessary to write...

24 Jan 2016 5:42 AM IST

The social gradient for health

The social gradient for health

The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country but about a sixth of its population lacks health...

24 Jan 2016 5:37 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali

A tale of two orphaned brothers

Through Orphaned Eyes was named so by the author as it is the story of two brothers orphaned during the bloody violence...

20 Jan 2016 5:31 AM IST

The weird and the wonderful

The weird and the wonderful

ASAP Science: Answers to the World’s Weirdest Questions, Most Persistent Rumors, and Unexplained Phenomena by...

19 Jan 2016 10:17 PM IST