Category: Books

London to banish winter blues with biggest ever light show

London, July 21 (IANS) More than 40 installations are to light up London in one of the biggest ever light…

7 years ago

Thames, Hooghly communities plan riverside art walk for cross-cultural connectivity

Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) In a bid to inspire cross-cultural connectivity between Bengal and Britain, the communities along the Thames…

7 years ago

New book club for readers of NCR

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) A new book club aiming to develop a community that encourages reading not just for…

7 years ago

Gulfam Khan’s painter dreams

Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Gulfam Khan, known for acting in shows like "Naamkarann" and "Khwaabon Ki Zamin Par", says had…

7 years ago

Extensive research into translations of Milton results in new book

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) A new book, put together by scholars and translators of 17th century poet John Milton…

7 years ago

Pakistani daily hails lifting of ban on Indian TV shows

Islamabad, July 20 (IANS) A Pakistani newspaper on Thursday hailed as "a welcome development" the Lahore High Court's ruling striking…

7 years ago

A spiritual powerhouse and an iconic Swami (Book Review)

By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Devi's Emerald; Author: Ruzbeh Nari Bharucha; Publishers: Vakils Feffer and Simons Pvt Ltd and Vishnu…

7 years ago

Vienna Blues: Love in times of turmoil and totalitarianism

By Vikas Datta Title: The Tobacconist; Author: Robert Seethaler/Charlotte Collins (translator); Publisher: Picador/Pan Macmillan; Pages: 234; Price: Rs 399 Vienna,…

7 years ago

Heritage British era community hall in Bengal’s Kurseong burnt to ashes

Darjeeling, July 19 (IANS) The colonial era Raj Rajeswari hall, burnt down on Wednesday by alleged pro-Gorkhaland activists, was a…

7 years ago

Durjoy Dutta’s novel to be adapted in a web series

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Bestselling author Durjoy Duttas popular novel "World`s Best Boyfriend" -- a heart-touching story about love,…

7 years ago

For this Buddhist monk, happiness is a sense of satisfaction within

By Vishal Gulati Thimphu (Bhutan), July 19 (IANS) He knows travel is the best teacher and when the destination is…

7 years ago

Of compelling characters in fewer pages: Short-story writer Akhil Sharma

By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The greatest challenge for a short story writer, says one of the…

7 years ago

Revisiting crime stories that shook the nation (Book Review)

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Ponty Chadha, Sheena Bora, Jiah Khan, Sunanda Pushkar, Rizwanur Rahman and Neeraj…

7 years ago

Declare Paika Rebellion as First War of Independence: Odisha

Bhubaneswar, July 18 (IANS) The Odisha cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved a proposal to recommend…

7 years ago

Jane Austen, much more than a woman writer of courtship and matrimony

By Vikas Datta With a major plot of hers being women's dependence on an advantageous marriage to secure social standing…

7 years ago

How to define ragas? A formless form, says eminent musicologist

New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Ragas are one of the most prominent musical heritages of India but one always falls…

7 years ago

The ship that watched the Titanic sink – a quest to find why

By Vikas Datta Title: The Midnight Watch; Author: David Dyer; Publisher: Atlantic Books; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 499 The unsinkable…

7 years ago

President receives first copy of book ‘Future of Indian Universities’

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee was handed over the first copy of the book 'Future of Indian…

7 years ago

‘Nepali publishing had roots in India’

Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The hill town of Darjeeling in West Bengal, which is in the news for a separate…

7 years ago

Shashi Tharoor, Imtiaz Ali to also feature at Bhutanese Mountain Echoes literary fest

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Politician and Commonwealth Writers' Prize winner Shashi Tharoor and acclaimed film director and writer Imtiaz…

7 years ago



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