Saurabh Tankha This book was first suggested to me by a friend, a spiritual healer, around four years back. The title interested me and I purchased the book but a few pages into it and I got goosebumps. The author was talking about her deteriorating cancer. I put the book away. It brought back the […]Read More
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Saurabh Tankha Have you ever wondered why some people have all the riches and comforts in life while others merely scrape through life facing all the troubles? What if I tell you it is all because of your deeds of not just this but the many past lives as well. Sounds unbelievable, doesn’t it? It […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha This must be one of those rare incidents when a father has penned the biography of his son. The son who was all of 22 when he was martyred. The son who bravely led his platoon to capture a Pakistani position which proved crucial during the Battle of Tololing in the Kargil war […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Kavita Devgan says she is a liberal dietician and doesn’t believe in the “all” or “nothing” approach. She believes the answer lies in between somewhere. Her mantra and advice to everyone is “more of the good and less of the bad” and that food per se is not a problem. “Usually, it is […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha A freelance journalist, a copywriter, a bookkeeper and a homemaker – Shobha Nihalani has played many roles in her life but one she really excels at is writing adventure and thriller novels. And this doesn’t mean she underperforms in the others. Writing thrillers come naturally to Shobha, proof of which are successful works […]Read More
Team L&M Contrary to general perception that kids spend little or no time with books, almost all the authors we put forth this question to were of the opinion that the interest of Gen Next in reading has increased manifold over the years… RESHMA BARSHIKAR The Hidden Children I think we need to redefine what […]Read More
Team L&M Aimed at helping people to better manage their mental health during Covid-19 lockdown, the Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences at Fortis Healthcare has published a free e-reader kindle book, Don’t worry! Here’s how you can keep your mind fit during a pandemic. Conceptualised by Dr Samir Parikh, Director of the Department of […]Read More
Garima Batra We have been in quarantine for over a week now and some of us are bored. Bored of having nothing to do, isn’t it? For those nodding their heads in denial must have been ‘busy’ counting the number of tiles in their bathroom or the number of times the fan rotates before finally […]Read More
Team L&M There are some stories you read once and forget. Then there are a select few tales you love going back to time and again. So it happens with the stories of famous court jester of Sri Krishnadevaraya, the emperor of Vijayanagara empire — Tenali Raman or Tenali Rama. One of the eight poets […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Devyani Khobragade penned The Adventures of Young Ambedkar (Juggernaut; Rs 150) to educate her daughters about the struggles of the Dalit community. A doctor by profession and currently, a joint secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Devyani says she stuck to simpler sentences and ensured it didn’t get heavy or somber on […]Read More