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The Secret Sanctuary

Mussoorie sanctuary setting of Stephen Alter’s new book

India-born American author Stephen Alter combines the natural history of Jabarkhet Nature Reserve in Mussoorie with...

2 Dec 2015 5:40 AM IST

Japan librarians cry foul over leaked Murakami reading list

A war of words has erupted between privacy-advocating librarians and a newspaper after it published a snapshot of the...

2 Dec 2015 5:36 AM IST

The Silver Screen

Glitz, glam & everydayness

Veteran photojournalist Fawzan Husain’s coffee table book captures life beyond the film sets, and looks at how...

1 Dec 2015 10:55 PM IST

Decoding fans of Matrix and LOLCats

An extract from Nicolas Hénin’s book, Jihad Academy: The Rise of Islamic State.

29 Nov 2015 2:55 AM IST

New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum (left) hands the pink ball to pacer Doug Bracewell. — AP

An inspired body of work

Years ago, watching a black and white film over Doordarshan, I began to sense that the story unfolding on the small...

29 Nov 2015 2:48 AM IST

Marginalised given voice in Basu’s new novel

For author Kunal Basu, marginalised members of Indian society rarely find literary depiction in today’s fiction...

25 Nov 2015 3:08 AM IST

Marginalised given voice in Basu’s new novel

For author Kunal Basu, marginalised members of Indian society rarely find literary depiction in today’s fiction...

25 Nov 2015 3:07 AM IST

Friend request from god

A student of English literature, Neeraa Maini Srivastav always knew she had it in her to write a book.

24 Nov 2015 9:12 PM IST

Beautiful campus of IIM-A. Photo (for representional purpose only): www.iimahd.ernet.in

Grade expectations

An insider’s account of the highly competitive nature in IIM-A, and a dig at those who put grades above everything

24 Nov 2015 9:10 PM IST

Belgian Army soldiers and police patrol an otherwise busy shopping street in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

House of horrors

It is always that extra bit more interesting when a book critic turns author.

22 Nov 2015 2:42 AM IST

Interrogating Dawood

Interrogating Dawood

An extract from the chapter My Conversations with Dawood Ibrahim from the book Dial D for Don: Inside Stories of CBI...

22 Nov 2015 2:29 AM IST

Recovering from Booker frenzy

His debut novel, Vernon God Little, won the 2003 Man Booker Prize. Twelve years and several novels later, DBC Pierre...

21 Nov 2015 11:09 PM IST