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Manoranjan Byapari

Manoranjan Byapari: I haven't written my best story yet'

A conversation with a working class hero and a man of many adventures

14 March 2020 11:14 PM IST

Librettiist, essayist and short story writer Shreya Sen-Handley

Shreya Sen-Handley becomes the first Indian woman to write opera

Through six stories written by writers from diverse backgrounds, the Welsh National Opera explores the highs and lows of...

11 March 2020 7:59 PM IST

Title: Sarojinis Mother, Author: Kunal Basu, Publisher: Penguin, No. of Pages: 231. Price: Rs. 599.

Tesu Calcutta spills its secrets in racy birth mystery

This starts as a fascinating story and turns farcical and loses its warmth, but never its funthe characters are...

9 March 2020 5:41 PM IST

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line. Author: Deepa Annapara. Publisher: Penguin Random House India. Price: Rs 499. 343pp

Pidgin and all goth, Djinn goes where others daren't

Deepa Annapara has tried to do something extremely difficult: write a story for grown-ups in the voice of a child.

9 March 2020 5:07 PM IST

E-books had certainly existed before the Kindle and other devices for they were an alternate form of publishing and for publishers, certain genres of publishing required the e-book format and now technology became an enabler. (Photo: Facebook screengrab, Representational)

A blast from the past can bring people together

It later transpired that he had attended the same school though in a different section of the same class.

6 March 2020 2:53 AM IST

THE SCIENCE OF PEACE, By Suman Khanna Aggarwal Shanti Sahyog Center for Peace & Conflict Resolution pp.179; Rs 699.

A manifesto for Gandhi's science' to change world

It was a chance meeting with the author that led to discovering her latest work, The Science of Peace.

6 March 2020 2:50 AM IST

Kali Yuga: The Ascension by Jatin Gupta, Publisher: Rupa Publications India, Pp.240, Rs 295.

Mixing myth and fiction

Hyderabad-based Jatin Gupta explores an enthralling tale of mythology and fantasy in his debut fiction, Kali Yuga: The...

5 March 2020 1:14 AM IST

Obscurity of Life by Ajeesh Venugopalan, Publisher: Authors Channel, Pp.107, Rs 199.

Poetic celebration

Poet Ajeesh Venogoplan explores love, life and death in his wonderful book of poems.

5 March 2020 1:10 AM IST

By Sonika Shandilya, Publisher: Srishti Publishers & Distributors, Pp.200, Rs 130.

Student of Nature

Sonika Shandilya, the only Hyderabad-based author whose romantic novels are available across India, has released her new...

26 Feb 2020 1:15 AM IST

By Vandana Singh Lal, Publisher: Penguin Viking, Pp.416 , Rs 349.

Women's world

The world is different for women, especially in a country like India.

26 Feb 2020 1:13 AM IST

A ghostly tale

With the elements of mystery and murder, Sunit Gajbhiye's book Untamed Origins is an action packed survival thriller.

19 Feb 2020 1:32 AM IST

dopehri by Pankaj Kapur. Published by Harper Collins. (Photo: File)

An old woman finds purpose and laughter

Dopehri, however, takes place in Lucknow, with a visibly strong sense of place and time, with Amma Bi's haveli as...

16 Feb 2020 2:47 AM IST