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AUTHOR FAWAZ JALEEL ON HIS NEW RELEASE ‘INSIDERS VERSUS OUTSIDERS’

When the first book in the Yohan Tytler series ‘Nobody Likes An Outsider’ came out, it brought author Fawaz Jaleel into the limelight for its engaging narrative. Its protagonist...

Books Noor Anand Chawla

Self-reliant BJP breaks its umbilical cord

In a recent interview to a leading national daily, the BJP president, J.P. Nadda...

opinion Pankaj Vohra

Classical Indian Buddhism and Indian Knowledge Systems

Contrary to many caricatures, Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) embody a spirit of inclusivity that...

opinion Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit

India needs to counter China’s united front tactics

United front tactics involve the mobilization of various groups to serve a singular strategic...

opinion Khedroob Thondup

Strengthening ties with Japan would provide substance to India’s Look East policy

Recent Japanese moves to shift away from a pacifist policy should facilitate such alignment. Following...

opinion Ajay Dua

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Book Review: A book that looks at India’s history in the past century

Arun Bhatnagar’s recent book on India is an interesting read. Interesting in that in straddles the worlds of history and current affairs for over...

Book Review: Despite the dark undertones, there’s sunshine in these lines

Available Light By C.P. SurendranPublisher: Speaking TigerPages: 272Price: Rs 499Sometime last year, I had picked up C.P. Surendran’s book of poetry The Portraits of the...

‘Law must keep pace with current scenario’

A book highlighting the significance of rule of law was recently released in the national capital. The book “Yes I’m Opinionated – Musings of...

It’s time to reintroduce our kids to bookish adventures

At a time when publishers in India are churning volume after volume on every possible topic and genre for adults, there is no serious...

Stories that leave the reader shocked, amused, fascinated

MuchchadGadh and Other StoriesBy Sangita P. Menon MalhanPublisher: VitastaPages: 244Price: Rs 250Each time you pick up a book of short stories, it is to...

Tinker, tailor, doctor, spy: Our poets and their professions

While you slept and the quilt heavedwith your even breathing,winter came like a bearded goatherd,armed with a crook and barefooted. Suddenly the tree near...

Poetry makes nothing happen

To begin with poetry: take us through your writing process. Do you get certain impulses about the things you observe? Impulses that make you...

Why is the literary circuit always in a festive mood?

Literary festivals might present opportunities for authors to take their work to a large audience and court new readers. But these events also provide...

Book Review: Many characters, clichés of World War II spoil the plot

Last Train to Istanbul By Ayse Kulin Amazon Publishing Pages: 395 Price: Rs 399 Storytelling is a gift. A gift that empowers the writer with a sustained knack of...

Karnad wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest which is...

Assamese author’s Odisha house is saved

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced that the state government will take up the renovation and conservation of Assamese litterateur late Lakshminath...

Comedian Trevor Noah has written a memoir about sorrow

The immensely popular host of The Daily Show on American network Comedy Central may come across as a funny and startled character but Trevor...

From the stillness of valleys to the chaos of village fairs

Q. Yatra Pathe Rabi and Ladakh: A Photo Travelogue, your earlier books chiefly dealt in photographs. What led you to straight-up travel writing, with...

The Oxford scholar who tried to liberate life from philosophy

Philosophers are not usually distinguished for themselves seeking to curtail the scope of their sphere of activity, being lucid or admitting they were mistaken....

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