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For the love of living

Ad maestro piyush pandey on why he writes about the lighter side of life, how every experience is an inspiration, why...

14 Nov 2015 9:50 PM IST

Narrative of closure

There is often a person, place or thing that a writer views as his or her muse — a life changing moment that makes...

13 Nov 2015 6:16 AM IST

Escape From Baghdad! By Saad Z. Hossain, Aleph Book Company, pp. 286, Rs 359

The lighter side of life in war-torn Iraq

Saad Hossain’s debut Escape from Baghdad! is war fiction that is not the typical racy edge-of-seat thriller but a...

11 Nov 2015 12:34 AM IST

Devotion By Adam Makos, Ballantine Books, pp. 376, Rs 1,549

Epic story of friendship in wartime reads like a dream

In the spirit of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat comes Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice...

11 Nov 2015 12:32 AM IST

Leading by Alex Ferguson with Michael Moritz, Bloomsbury, pp. 406, Rs 799

How Sir Alex took the lead

Twenty-six years in charge of a top-flight club — which is in its own right a legendary entity — is an...

11 Nov 2015 12:29 AM IST

Of grandeur and cliches

Of grandeur and cliches

There are some subjects that are just ready fodder to turn into books, films, plays and whatnots. Marriages, in India,...

7 Nov 2015 11:43 PM IST

We will be like that only

We will be like that only

To the legions of readers of T.N. Ninan in the press, it would perhaps come as a surprise that The Turn of the Tortoise...

7 Nov 2015 11:42 PM IST

Insider’s take on craft of cricket

one of india’s finest opening batsmen aakash chopra pushes the politics and fanfare of cricket to the backdround...

7 Nov 2015 10:43 PM IST

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump’s book outlines ills of modern-day US

Donald Trump revs up his race for the White House on Tuesday, releasing a new book outlining the ills of modern-day...

3 Nov 2015 11:53 PM IST

The paradox that is Modi

An extract from two chapters, A Paradox and The Future, of S. Nihal Singh’s book, The Modi Myth

1 Nov 2015 4:54 AM IST

An actor with gravitas

Noted academician and columnist Maithili Rao undertakes a journey to understand Smita Patil beyond her screen image. Her...

31 Oct 2015 10:08 PM IST

Of elusive WMDs & femme fatales

Of elusive WMDs & femme fatales

There is an all-consuming, almost feral quality to Escape from Baghdad, one that lends itself almost perfectly to its...

31 Oct 2015 9:00 PM IST