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Story behind Crazy Deb’s Kabul salon

Story behind Crazy Deb’s Kabul salon

Heborah Rodriguez is a reluctant hairdresser in Michigan who has had enough of her husband and decides to travel around...

29 April 2015 2:57 PM IST

The artist and his nude

The artist and his nude

Mihir Srivastava draws naked people. I learnt about his unusual “hobby” when he wrote about it in the...

29 April 2015 2:47 PM IST

Near death moment of inspiration

In 2002, Gayathri Ramprasad tried to commit suicide, was hospitalised twice in an American psychiatric clinic within 10...

13 Jan 2015 11:20 PM IST

The book is about a Sri Lankan man who escorts women

‘All writers are thieves’

Says Sri Lankan author Ashok Ferrey, whose latest novel borrows fleetingly from his own life experiences but veers off...

13 Jan 2015 11:15 PM IST

‘Sunburn hasn’t got its due’

...says Shailendra Singh, at the launch of his second book that chronicles the journey of one of the country’s...

12 Jan 2015 10:54 PM IST

Inspiring bosses to become leaders

Inspiring bosses to become leaders

Books on leadership and management are found by the dozen in bookshelves across the country, but not often we find a...

27 Nov 2014 6:58 AM IST

Can a 'boss' be a 'leader' Yes!

Books on leadership and management are found by the dozen in bookshelves across the country, but not often we find a...

25 Nov 2014 10:00 AM IST

Religion doesn’t poison everything, everything poisons religion

Religion doesn’t poison everything, everything poisons religion

It slips so easily off the tongue. In fact, it’s a modern mantra. “Religion causes all the wars”.

1 Oct 2014 6:25 AM IST

Love in times of struggle

Love in times of struggle

You ask for my name, the real one, and I cannot tell you.” — this is how the protagonist of author Sujata...

12 July 2014 11:34 PM IST

Tales not for weak of heart

Tales not for weak of heart

Every once in a while, you come across a book that is not meant to be read all at once. You would want to read it slowly...

18 Jun 2014 7:01 AM IST

Tune in, turn on, drop out

Tune in, turn on, drop out

When Sidharth Bhatia contacted me about a year ago armed with a bunch of probing questions about my life as a...

25 May 2014 3:31 AM IST

The right sort of chap: How Kim Philby got away

The right sort of chap: How Kim Philby got away

The story of Kim Philby is, of course, like so many English stories, really one of social class.

7 May 2014 5:03 AM IST