IT is believed that, during his wanderings in the Himalaya after renouncing the world, Sant Tulsidas met Kak Bhushundi, the mythical sacred crow...
ByRam VarmaSeptember 6, 2014AT last, a new genre of tiger fiction or shall we say wildlife fiction is created! After all the sombre reports about elections...
ByK. SUBRAMANIANJuly 8, 2014AMIDST the recent avalanche of books on politicians of different hues, a very low-profile politician has also made the grade. A maiden biographical...
ByAshok MohanJune 6, 2014WITH general elections just a heartbeat away, what can be more topical than analysing various aspects of an electoral democracy? This is what...
ByNarendra KaushikMarch 9, 2014THE history of independent India will recognise the contributions of many distinguished ministers of the Union Cabinet. But it is difficult to recall...
ByK. SUBRAMANIANFebruary 9, 2014The story of a dirt-poor boy who became an IAS officer dedicated to rural development Cholleti Prabhakar, son of a poor parent, in...
ByTeamMarch 3, 2011Raghu Rai and Ashok Vajpeyi capture fleeting moments in Indian music Raghu Rai’s latest book of photographs comprises pictures mainly of master musicians...
ByPartha ChatterjeeNovember 11, 2010Some books make us look back on our past, and the experience is rather like glancing at a mirror that reflects lost expectations...
ByDiptendra RaychaudhuriJune 6, 2010The story of a Dalit politician’s rise to eminence Sushil Kumar Shinde, a Dalit, had a Brahmin friend in childhood who often invited...
ByDiptendra RaychaudhuriMarch 3, 2010A Naxal Story… It is truly a narrative from the Maoist land. Labelling it a Naxal story is reducing a tree to a...
ByDiptendra RaychaudhuriSeptember 9, 2009