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Ideas crystallise in the Kasauli sun
Another emotionally charged session included the cancer-survivor, Bollywood actress, Manisha Koirala.
25 Oct 2019 2:23 AM
Conservatives can co-opt the new Indian aesthetic
Let me state the basic orientalist premises. Indian sculpture lacked classical simplicity.
25 Oct 2019 2:18 AM
One for the bibliophiles!
Safavid Iran and the Deccan Sultanates is a must read for those enthusiasts who are fanatics of the rich Deccan heritage!
24 Oct 2019 1:10 AM
A Mindful Solution!
Here is a book that can help put you back on track and make you appreciate your life better.
24 Oct 2019 1:07 AM
Why it makes sense to put stock in good economics
We don’t for a moment believe that when economists and the public have different views, the economists are always right.
20 Oct 2019 6:51 AM
Shopping has moved online, now more eco-conscious
Sophie shares with Sucheta Dasgupta how the activity of shopping has changed in the West over the past two decades.
20 Oct 2019 3:43 AM
A magical portrait of colonial Calcutta and an unlikely lovestory
Yasmine stood at the front, looking over the reservations.
20 Oct 2019 3:36 AM
Lesson of Arabian Nights: Your life hangs by a story
Storytelling stresses the commonality among epics the world over, of gods who intervene in human affairs and even take sides in a war.
18 Oct 2019 1:36 AM
British made sure India lost Gilgit, PoK
On China, Nehru, along with India’s second defence minister, V.K. Krishna Menon, made another huge mess.
18 Oct 2019 1:33 AM
One Hell of a story
Unni’s portrayals are a clear reflection of his deep connection with his roots.
17 Oct 2019 3:25 AM
A novel expression of magic
A lot of challenges came Anand’s way, and a lack of satisfaction with her initial drafts was a major one.
17 Oct 2019 3:22 AM
Where insurgency has endured in Pakistan
Balochistan’s accession to Pakistan is as controversial as that of J&K; in fact, even more so.
11 Oct 2019 5:46 AM
Of eclectic tastes, creativity and a vicarious feast
Food and literature, or more specifically literary food writing and design are a sub-genre that has always held a fascination for me.
11 Oct 2019 1:11 AM
Racy murder mystery has dollops of bitter realism
It is an irresistible fascination, a hide-and-seek relationship. After all, Bhatt has his own set of responsibilities.
11 Oct 2019 1:02 AM
Sapiosexual love is where Buddha and Yashodhara were at
A few weeks after I finished this book, I came across a social media post announcing an anti-feminist yajna in Karnataka.
06 Oct 2019 5:02 AM
A dense pre-Partition history of NWFP that fails to hold attention
The region was retained as a part of undivided Punjab in 1849, when the British vanquished the Sikh power.
06 Oct 2019 4:59 AM
A minister recounts his game of thrones
It is in times like these that one sees political veterans penning memoirs, fulfilling a vital need for the hitherto unknown.
06 Oct 2019 4:56 AM
Cervantes’ friends thought he was deranged, burned his plays
Puchner is professor of drama and English and comparative literature at Harvard. He visited the Jaipur Literary Festival in 2014.
04 Oct 2019 2:58 AM
Fables from Caliphate in a cross-species love story
The legend of Gog and Magog and the Iron Gates built to keep them away from human civilisation has also been interpolated in the Alexander romances.
04 Oct 2019 2:53 AM
‘My mentor suggested I should postpone The Novel’
At least four mugs of chai in a day, often more, sugar intake be damned, we all die in the end.
29 Sep 2019 1:37 AM
Columns
Tracing the Transformation of India's "Second Capital" Over Decades
The Historical Ties of the Booker Prize Amidst Liz Truss's Authorial Rise
The Congress struggles to disseminate its manifesto, while BJP recalibrates strategies amidst low voter turnout and leadership dynamics.
Student protests challenge the paradox of democracy, as law enforcement clashes with demands for peace and justice.