Month: October 2018

BOOKS

Chilling and thrilling spy stories

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha The book, The Zero Cost Mission/ The Wily Agent (Harper Collins India; pages 189; price Rs 250) by Amar Bhushan is a two-story fictional work based on the exploits of the Indian intelligence and it is so racy that I had to finish it at one go. I just couldn’t put it […]Read More

BOOKS

There is a Lahore residing in Delhi: Haroon Khalid

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha It has been a decade that anthropologist-travel writer-freelance journalist Haroon Khalid has been travelling extensively around Pakistan to document the country’s cultural and historical heritage. Author of three published books, A White Trail: A Journey into the Heart of Pakistan’s Religious Minorities, In Search of Shiva: A Study of Folk Religious Practices […]Read More

DIL SE

Value your nation, people!

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha It was around 10.30 am yesterday when I reached the Botanic Garden Metro station, Sector 37, Noida. I was on way to my mom’s home in Delhi to participate in a family puja. As I alighted the steps and entered the check-in area, I noticed a long queue at one of the […]Read More

BOOKS

Telling stories make me happy: Arvind Parashar

Saurabh Tankha Corporate leader-turned-author Arvind Parashar has had a creative inclination in life from his childhood days. Hailing from the hill station of Dehradun, he used to write and publish songs, poems and stories during as a kid. Not this alone, he was an avid quizzer too and represented his school at district and state levels […]Read More

ART & ARTISTES SANDIP SOPARRKAR

Kohinoor: A movie on stage

A Broadway style musical based on the facts around Kohinoor, the world’s most celebrated diamond The largest cut diamond in the world, the magnificent Kohinoor, is claimed to be weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g) and one of the most priced part of the British Crown Jewels. If one wishes to see this world famous diamond, it is on public display […]Read More

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