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The modern gurukul: Watch Sonali Bendre talk about her new book on parenting
November 24, 2015 18:42 IST
Sonali Bendre's new book"The Modern Gurukul: My Experiment with Parenting" is about her achievements and challenges as a first-time mother.
Back to School
November 24, 2015 00:10 IST
An actor, a mother, and now an author, Sonali Bendre Behl on her experiments with parenting.
The case for greatness
November 21, 2015 04:05 IST
In his scheme of things, the international system is an anarchic entity where each state relentlessly pursues its national interests and big powers are locked in a struggle to be number one.
Losing the Plot
November 21, 2015 04:03 IST
Why does he live under the radar? Because he believes everyone, including perceived criminals, are entitled to a fair trial and he as a lawyer would go to any length to get it.
Arriving Somewhere
November 21, 2015 04:00 IST
From the Nilgiris, its “every tea bush aching with green”, to a camp in a nowhere land, surrounded by “Naxalis” and landmines.
Vyasa, can you hear us now?
November 21, 2015 03:57 IST
These are the voices of the epic’s female characters, some of them legendary, others known but not much heard from, yet others dimly glimpsed but so far unnamed, and some few invented to bridge lacunae in the narrative.
An emoji for word of the year: The joy? The sorrow?
November 18, 2015 19:26 IST
The "face with tears of joy" emoji was selected in conjunction with technology firm SwiftKey, whose research found it was the most-used around the world in the last year.
A Toast to India
November 17, 2015 00:20 IST
In The Wines of India, London-based Peter Csizmadia-Honigh chronicles the diverse landscape and history of wine production in the country
Vikas Khanna cooks up new storybook for kids
November 15, 2015 17:29 IST
Called "The Milk Moustache", the book's story is about children of the village who one day refuse to drink milk, which makes Kali, the cow, very sad.
Lights, anks, celebration: Diwali check-list of a Marathi household
November 15, 2015 00:10 IST
In Maharashtra, the Diwali anks or special issues are an integral part of the festive season.
Book Review: No Direction Rome
November 14, 2015 00:00 IST
Kaushik Barua’s new novel is an existential comedy, but the laughter is often edged with a tired sameness.
Book Review: Unified Financial Code: Is India Ready? — A Critique of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
November 14, 2015 00:00 IST
A collection of articles focus on why the FSLR Commission’s recommendations on the RBI don’t pass muster.
Book Review: Falling Walls
November 14, 2015 00:00 IST
Upendranath Ashk has been passed over by history in favour of his friend and rival Sa’adat Hasan Manto. Can a new translation of his Girti Divarein right the balance?
Book Review – Partition: The Long Shadow
November 14, 2015 00:00 IST
The legacy of Partition is a part of the shared history of all the post-colonial states of the subcontinent, whose outcomes cannot be settled unilaterally.
Book Review: Written by Salim-Javed – The Story of Hindi Cinema’s Greatest Screenwriters
November 13, 2015 13:54 IST
The book begins in the present with a brief prologue comparing their experiences of "Zanjeer" - the original of 1973 and its remake in 2013 - then flashes back to the early lives of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar.
The Everywhere People
November 10, 2015 06:17 IST
The Middle of Somewhere by Sam Harris is a personal account of travelling through countries and continents, his family’s nomadic life and an alternative parenting style
The three rationalists murdered in the last two years in their own voice
November 7, 2015 09:44 IST
Excerpts from selected writings of Dabholkar and Pansare
Khurshid Kasuri’s book is a long morality play rather than lived history
November 7, 2015 08:14 IST
Long awaited by an audience which hoped it would cast new light on the secret diplomacy aimed at sealing a deal that would end the Kashmir conflict, it adds little to the public record.
Book Review – An Upstart in Government: Journeys of Change and Learning
November 7, 2015 00:00 IST
An outsider in the Planning Commission during UPA-2, Arun Maira recalls his rocky ride in an institution reluctant to change.
Future Library will open its door to the readers in the year 2114
November 1, 2015 01:00 IST
An art project in Oslo draws attention to the fact that all of literature is one big, juicy time capsule.
Plating India
December 25, 2015 22:21 IST
It’s not the work of a gourmand, nor that of a knowledgeable food critic. It’s also one of the reasons why the book flags.
Through the Lens, Half-Heartedly
December 25, 2015 22:21 IST
The fictional is in constant danger of being upstaged by the real in William Boyd’s chronicle of the life of a woman photographer in the tumultuous ’20s
Three Act Tragedy
December 25, 2015 22:21 IST
The last book of the Verhoeven trilogy disappoints because of its slack pace and clumsy denouement
The Battle For Bihar
December 25, 2015 22:21 IST
The story of Bihar is incomplete without the stories of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav and their contrasting styles of functioning
Book Review: Orhan Pamuk’s new novel is a mischievous modernist look at life in Istanbul
December 25, 2015 22:22 IST
Orhan Pamuk’s new novel is a mischievous modernist look at life in Istanbul and the universal aspects of rural-urban migration
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