Category: Books

(IANS Book Excerpts) How Stalin got named after a Russian dictator & other stories from TN CM’s youth

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has been in the public eye for more than 50 years, yet very little…

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Not quite the factotum of a ‘moody maharaja’, Ram Chandra Kak was in bed with both Brits & Jinnah

New Delhi, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The publication of Siddharth Kak and Lily Bhan Kak's 'Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of…

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(IANS Bookshelf) Ram Chandra Kak, his ‘moody maharaja’ and history’s judgment

New Delhi, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Turning the pages of Kashmir's history, one comes across several heroes and villains. One such…

2 years ago

Hema Malini enthralls audience with dance performance at book launch of ‘Chal Mann Vrindavan’

New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Veteran actress Hema Malini performed a mesmerising dance, leaving everyone spellbound, during the book launch…

2 years ago

‘We can do surgical strikes in Pak, but have no courage to talk to them’: Mani Shankar Aiyar

New Delhi, Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former diplomat, MP and veteran Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar has said that India has the…

2 years ago

(IANS Bookshelf) Don’t let others colour your view of ‘success’ or ‘failure’

Failure is an inevitable part of life, and oftentimes surer and more impactful than success. In his book 'Why We…

2 years ago

(IANS Bookshelf) From Partition to Bharat Jodo, why peacemakers count

New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The anthology titled 'The Peacemakers' (Aleph; Rs 799), which has been edited by Ghazala Wahab,…

2 years ago

Journalist Neerja Chowdhury’s book on Indian politics released

New Delhi, Aug 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Journalist Neerja Chowdhury on Tuesday, during the release of her new book ‘How Prime Minister…

2 years ago

Museum of Pop Culture removes exhibitions of J.K Rowling due to her ‘transphobic views’

Los Angeles, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Seattle based Museum of Pop Culture (MPC or MoPOC) which is dedicated as implied…

2 years ago

(Book Extract) How Indira’s bete noire Raj Narain gave her a sex scandal to nail Jagjivan Ram

New Delhi, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a book packed with riveting accounts of how important decisions have been taken by…

2 years ago

(IANS Bookshelf) Derek O’Brien laments Parliament’s decline post Jaitley, Ahmed Patel

Quick-witted parliamentarian Derek O'Brien's timely new book, 'Who Cares About Parliament: Speaking up to Protect India's Great Institution' (Rupa &…

2 years ago

Book on ‘Battle of Longewala’ hero different from movie ‘Border’: Author

Chandigarh, July 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Author Gurjot Singh Kaler on Sunday said that ‘Battle of Logewala’ is different from what has…

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Book details how narco-terror network fuelled Pak’s nuclear ambitions

New Delhi, July 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan, a country that has forever been in dire economic straits, as it finds itself…

2 years ago

Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop stealing books

New York, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 8,000 famous writers, including Margaret Atwood, Nora Roberts, and Michael Chabon, have, in…

2 years ago

‘AI is a brush, not the painter,’ says author who turned to ChatGPT

Coming from a design background, Ashima Mathur, author of the children's picture book, 'The Magical Mission to Mars', was more…

2 years ago

(IANS Bookshelf) How Mayawati lost to BJP the Dalit vote bank she created

New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) To take Raisina Hill -- the seat of power in India -- any political dispensation…

2 years ago

(IANS Bookshelf) Separating the myth from reality of the lives of courtesans

New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Our connection with art and aesthetics is about as old as humanity; and the multi-layered…

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Modern Malayalam literature legend MT Vasudevan Nair turns 90

Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) On Saturday, all roads are leading to the residence of legend of modern Malayalam literature MT…

2 years ago

Milan Kundera and the ‘game of the imagination’ (IANS Obituary)

Milan Kundera, most of whose landmark novels were written in his French exile, always chose to label himself as a…

2 years ago

Twilight phase of monarchy in Travancore was a mixed bag: Tharoor

Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the sunset years of the erstwhile princely state of Travancore were mired in controversies…

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