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PaperBackers: Only Pain, No Gain
July 11, 2016 19:42 IST
Maestra LS Hilton Zaffre 309 pages ` 599 Only Pain, No Gain “The most shocking thriller you’ll read this year” takes off with a bang and ends with “To be continued” — a whimper if we’ve seen one. Judith Rashleigh, an assistant at an auction house in London, is talked down to by her boss […]
The Immunity Challenge
July 11, 2016 19:31 IST
The science behind the survival of the fittest and a mystery story in reverse
Voices in Time
July 11, 2016 18:58 IST
The beauty of Svetlana Alexievich’s Nobel Prize-winning novel is that there is no tyranny of an author-imposed discourse in the narrative.
I did not intend The Gene to be provocative: Pulitzer-prize winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee
July 11, 2016 18:30 IST
Whether nature or nurture dominates depends on the question one is asking, says Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Here are 10 quotes by birthday girl Jhumpa Lahiri that won our hearts
July 11, 2016 13:55 IST
Jhumpa Lahiri, who has given us some of the most loved books, celebrates her birthday today.
Inspired by Western classical, DRM authors Zubin Mehta’s biography
July 11, 2016 06:10 IST
Dadabhoy has authoured five books in the past which includes a Dictionary of Dates, a coffee table book on JRD Tata, a collection of detailed profiles of prominent Parsis of India and a book on banking.
The game is afoot: Assollant’s Captain Corcoran finally reaches Indian bookstores
July 10, 2016 00:00 IST
Alfred Assollant’s creation, Captain Corcoran, finally reaches Indian bookstores, 159 years after the character landed on our shores.
Looking into the Abyss
July 7, 2016 00:15 IST
Siddhartha Mukherjee on mining a family legacy of mental illness to write his second book, The Gene.
Tell me a story of the wonderful witch
July 3, 2016 01:00 IST
Do you worry about the stereotypes in your child’s books, from the good wife to the fair princess? Here’s how to free fairy tales from prejudice.
Abol Tabol and the New Man
July 2, 2016 01:57 IST
A book on the illustrious Ray family is a magnificent addition to the exploration of Indian modernity
Waiting for Enlightenment
July 2, 2016 01:47 IST
AC Grayling argues that the Enlightenment began in the 16th century, but it is a premise marred by a lack of accuracy and detail
Will the Real Chris Gayle Please Stand Up?
July 2, 2016 01:39 IST
The West Indian cricketer’s autobiography reveals the man behind the bravado, but not entirely
The Legacy
July 2, 2016 01:16 IST
Divakaruni shuttles across continents and various narratives with much composure and ease.
Harlequin to launch literary imprint Park Row Books
July 1, 2016 18:16 IST
Park Row plans to debut with Benjamin Ludwig's "The Improbable Flight of Ginny Moon," acquired earlier this year in a six-figure deal.
Chetan Bhagat’s next novel will be this Diwali
June 29, 2016 16:50 IST
Chetan Bhagat has been tweeting out the progress on both his upcoming book as well as the movie Half Girlfriend, which is based on his previous book.
A clinical look: Dissenting Diagnosis takes a look at what’s ailing the medical profession
June 28, 2016 03:09 IST
The book records interviews of 78 doctors, who have courageously spoken against malpractices in the medical sector, and offers solutions to boost patient-doctor dialogue
Big city blues
June 26, 2016 01:00 IST
Three recent releases confirm the greatness of Tamil writer Ashokamitran, the great chronicler of the urban lower middle-classes.
Shelf Life- Raja Rao: Archive
June 25, 2016 01:10 IST
Kanthapura, The Serpent and the Rope, The Cat and Shakespeare and Collected Stories were introduced by the poet and translator R Parthasarathy.
Shelf Life: Death on The Nile
June 25, 2016 01:10 IST
A head of a Sudanese man turns up near his floating domicile, causing him to have the dubious pleasure of having two cases to work on.
No rub of the green
June 25, 2016 01:09 IST
The second half, ‘Investigations’, is hard-hitting and leaves you wondering if wild animals and places in India have any chance at all to see the promised achche din.
How to heal healthcare?
June 25, 2016 01:09 IST
Arun Gadre and Abhay Shukla present a searing critique of various distortions that have converted medicine in to a cynically commercial activity.
The melting pot: An account of new India’s culinary identity
June 25, 2016 01:08 IST
Curiosity is high about the real India and the food we actually eat — not sell. It’s been a rather complex cauldron for the uninitiated to dip into, both at home and abroad.
Back to her roots: Trinidadian author Aliyyah Eniath talks about her debut book
June 23, 2016 00:54 IST
A much deeper aspect in her book, however, that Eniath is keen on talking about, is the changing Hindu-Muslim culture in her country.
Butterfly man’s new book captures 1,000 varieties of butterflies
June 21, 2016 04:08 IST
Kehimkar, who had earned the epithet “butterfly man”, said that his travels to biodiversity hotspots in India were his primary sources of information.
The beginning of the end and other stories
June 19, 2016 00:01 IST
James Pattersons’s BookShots plays with narratives and shrinkwraps them into nuggets of pacy plots.
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