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Looking for miss sargam: Stories of music and misadventure, By Shubha Mudgal Speaking Tiger, Rs 499.

Eclectic mix has energy of maestro's superhit songs

And one brilliantly described encounter with the Badass Bandariyas later, you would certainly believe that it has.

25 Aug 2019 2:32 AM IST

Go! Indias sporting transformation, edited by Aparna Ravichandran and Nandan Kamath Penguin Random House India, Rs 299.

Heroes of India's athletic rising tell it like it is

The Dhoni Effect identifies a phenomenon where rapidly growing small towns of India are taking centrestage.

25 Aug 2019 2:26 AM IST

The Park Street cemetery

Here lie Hindoo Stuart, Derozio & Kolkata's Indiana Jones

A tramline defined its end and the street extension beyond was called New Park Street.

23 Aug 2019 1:27 AM IST

Dalai Lama (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Listening key to freedom from fishbowl Web has us locked in

The judgement must be made quickly to fight or to flee because it could be a matter of life or death.

23 Aug 2019 1:25 AM IST

Sara by Shashi Warrier, Publisher: Harper Collins, Pp. 328, Rs 399.

Recipe for love

In his new book Sara, author Shashi Warrier whips up a complex love story in which cooking is one of the main...

22 Aug 2019 1:13 AM IST

By Pulkit Sharma, Publication: Auro Publications, Pp.205, Rs 275.

A rational approach!

Spiritual people are happy and optimistic, they can find meaning and purpose in life against all odds and realize their...

22 Aug 2019 1:08 AM IST

The Body Myth, by Rheea Mukherjee Penguin Hamish Hamilton, Rs 499.

Studies of hypochondria, polyamory fail to carry flimsy story

Real life has no logic, I know. But good fiction does, and I found very little logic in the telling of this story.

18 Aug 2019 3:27 AM IST

Next to Nothing | Gotovo Nista By Chris Agee Fraktura pp.256, HRK 149.

The Adriatic is sparkling with intimate azure hues

The Adriatic is iridescent in intimate shades of blues deep inky blue, turquoise, aquamarine, and all the tonal...

16 Aug 2019 1:03 AM IST

By Viju B., Publisher: Penguin, Pp. 296, Rs 399.

River Runs Red

This book investigates the damage human beings have done to the Western Ghats.

14 Aug 2019 1:13 AM IST

By Khyrunnisa A., Publisher: Westland, Pp. 184, Rs 250.

Turning over a new cheek

According to the author, the most difficult part of writing a book is working out the plot.

14 Aug 2019 1:13 AM IST

Back in the 1950s and 60s, the hero had to be tempted into having sex and celibacy was seen as a true mark of his heroism.

The Gandhian take

How did Gandhi influence the heroes of Indian cinema? Journalist- turned author Sanjay Suri reveals to us at his book...

13 Aug 2019 1:11 AM IST

All the way home, By Archana Mirajkar LiFi Publications, Rs 350.

Mythology-inspired utopia meditates on cycle of life

These pioneers later came to planet Swarg, carrying with them the best of art and literature they had preserved when...

11 Aug 2019 4:11 AM IST