Untold stories from the Raj era
Three books reveal hidden facets about personalities from India’s independence movement
A Life in Shadow: The Secret Story of ACN Nambiar, A Forgotten Anti-Colonial Hero by Vappala Balachandran. 2017, Roli Books
Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The...
Amish Tripathi: Writer who is making mythology ‘cool’, one novel at a time
SAKET SUMAN reviews Amish Tripathi’s Sita – Warrior of Mithila in which Sita's character is contrary to all that we have read or heard about her.
Sita - Warrior of Mithila
Author: Amish Tripathi
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Five ‘must-read’ books to look forward to in July 2017
The month of July comes as a boon to fiction readers as several prominent novels are slated to hit the stores. So, stay tuned.
The current trend in Indian publishing space, as also globally, shows...
A ‘conditions apply’ future for emerging India
India will become a world power only if gets many things right. Writes CHITRA SUDARSHAN
Being Indian: Challenge of bringing up ‘Desi’ children abroad
SAKET SUMAN reviews Vinati Sukhdev's ‘East or West’, which serves to be an apt manual on the upbringing of Indian diaspora children overseas.
How travel broadens your mind
Backpacking around the world gives one traveller an insight into his own culture. FRANKEY GERARD FERNANDES writes.
Selfie Queen of the literary type
Writer and academic Roanna Gonsalves is a leading Indian link at the Sydney Writers’ Festival 2017 by RAJNI ANAND LUTHRA
Breaking barriers, one poem at a time
‘My heart aches for sisters…’ so Rupi Kaur writes for their pain. By TIA SINGH
Discovering her selves
Durga-Chew Bose’s fragmented identity and contradictions are the main protagonists in her writing. Writes RAKA SARKHEL LAHA
Making sense of nasty people
VIDUSHI TRIVEDI on what Roald Dahl’s baddies teach us about life
