By Saket Suman New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Not all books live up to the expectations of the readers. Much-anticipated books will sometimes disappoint readers and critics. And there will always be books that establish…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Aamir Khan has as many as 20.9 million followers on Twitter and is the most followed Indian on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo. But the superstar believes…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) What if you were told that many of the books that you have read of late have actually not been written by the authors who find mention…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) A remarkable new book highlights the various aspects of a bygone era, and the life and poetry of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar. Written by Aslam Parvez, a…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) I was staring at the hundreds of people walking up and down the platforms as metro trains whizzed past the busy Rajiv Chowk station in the Capital…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Exile; Author: Cathy Scott-Clark & Adrian Levy; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing; Pages: 640; Price: Rs 699 Between fleeing his Tora Bora mountain stronghold in 2001 till the US finally settled scores…
By Vikas Datta In a nearly half-century career, both in a band and solo, his distinctive voice, inspired lyrics and energetic guitar work went to make Gregg Allman a musical legend as pioneer and practitioner…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) A rewarding but hectic four-decade-long academic career left Mangal Gogte, 65, with a slew of medical issues — including silent killers like diabetes and hypertension — and a…
By Sakshi Srivastava New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The demand for fancy foreign luxury cars is witnessing a steep rise, with buyers, including from faraway northeast, picking up Lamborghinis, Maseratis and Range Rovers that cost…
By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Mainstream has never been the mainstay in her filmography. Not even with her directorial debut, the 1979-set drama thriller “A Death in the Gunj”. The critically-acclaimed Konkona…
By Vikas Datta The concept of liberalism and its key facet of tolerance are most vital to human freedom and development, but in these treacherous times, they are under unflinching attack by “right-thinking” sections of…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) An estimated 10,000 wild animals — representing more than 100 species of reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds — were crushed to death annually on a 3.6 km,…
By Somrita Ghosh Book: Curry: A Global History; Author: Colleen Taylor Sen; Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Price: Rs 399; Pages: 144 Curry, in the culinary lexicon, is intrinsically associated with the routine Indian meal. Be it…
By Vikas Datta This tall, imposing and deep-voiced actor’s achievement lay not only in the over 300 onscreen appearances in a more-than-six-decade-long acting career, with a role almost every year, but that these usually included…
By Saket Suman Title: The Gift of Anger; Author: Arun Gandhi; Publisher: Penguin; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 292. Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi is widely thought to have been a calm and composed personality…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Discover how love and food build a shared connection amongst diverse cultures; read how in a quest to find happiness, a man travels through the heart of India; know about…
By Somrita Ghosh Chitkul (Himachal Pradesh), May 25 (IANS) Fancy this: Snow-clad mountains dotted with pine trees, a topaz blue sheet spread across the sky and the churlish winter wind almost piercing through to the…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) He has a staggering 450-plus projects to his name over a career spanning 55 years — ranging from the IIT-Kanpur campus to New Delhi’s ISKCON Temple. He…
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) He has been in the Hindi film industry for a quarter of a century and has delivered some memorable films like “Mohra”, “Hu Tu Tu”, “Hera Pheri”…
By Vikas Datta Title: Sherlock Holmes’ School for Detection; Author: Simon Clark (editor); Publisher: Robinson; Pages: 448; Price: Rs 499 Even nine decades after his original creator penned his last tale, the solver of mysteries,…