Among forms of transport as settings for stories, trains seem the most popular. Rail travel may not have the speed or 'glamour' of air travel, or the well-heeled ambience of, say, a cruise ship, but still has its own charm and mystique that lends itself well to stories. And some famous authors, from Agatha Christie to Ia...
Title: A Revolutionary History of Interwar India; Author: Kama Maclean; Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 305; Price: Rs.599 ...
Embark on a new vision for India-Indonesia relations in the 2015-2025 decade, a boy's plight to fulfil his father's last wish, a girl's journey from being a tomboy to a reluctant woman in progress; a love story of two opposites that ends on a bittersweet and poignant note. Check out the weekend book fare ...
Title: "In The Shadows of Death: A Detective Agni Mitra Thriller"; Author: Sourabh Mukherjee; Publisher: Srishti Publishers and Distributors; Pages: 217; Price: Rs.195....
BOOKS When confronted with a disappointing Indian reality, we are apt to ask "what if" questions. Here's a book that raises questions about India's pioneers who steered a new nation....
Harper Lee, the author of the acclaimed "To Kill A Mockingbird" about racial injustice in a small town in the American south, died on Friday, reports said. She was 89....
As one steps into the tastefully-lit twin art gallery at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), where veteran artist Satish Gujral's works are on display, one is overwhelmed by the painful memories of partition portrayed by the artist with poignant strokes....
He is widely recognised as English's most significant writer and it is a measure of William Shakespeare's eternal appeal and legacy that his plays can serve to unforgettably present a prism to view disparate societies widely dispersed in time and space -- even the astonishingly diverse "melting pot" that is America. ...
Writers run the risk of didacticism if they turn into activists, says Marlon James, the first Jamacian to win the Booker Prize in 2015. ...
Embark on a journey that deals with different shades of human existence. Read on!...
