Team L&M The reason of my picking up Ghosts of the Silent Hills from the shelf of that crowded CP bookshop was its title. Ghost stories have always aroused a feeling of wanting to know more about the unknown. And the added line on the cover – Stories based on true hauntings – furthered the […]Read More
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Saurabh Tankha Remember entrepreneur Raghuvir Mehta, played by Rajkumarr Rao in the movie Made In China. Forever failing at every business venture he sets up, Raghu’s life takes a turn on a trip to China and the story then moves on. Though the Mikhil Musale directed movie failed to generate interest among audiences, one must […]Read More
Team L&M Spirituality changes the way one looks at life was something I had always heard about but never believed in. Till one day, I had a chance encounter with spirituality and it ushered in a change in my life. This happened around three years back. Even as was I slowly adapting to this new […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha When a corporate lawyer pens a crime thriller, you expect it to have courtroom drama which the third novel of Bommadevara Sai Chandravadhan, who writes under the pen name of Vadhan, has. But then Fear of God (TreeShade Books; Rs 350) reiterates the key questions in the context of present times — what […]Read More
On World Cancer Day (February 4), doctorpreneur and founder of HealthCare Global (HCG) Dr BS Ajaikumar says cancer cases will increase because of the ageing process, environmental issues and the ecosystem we are living in Saurabh Tankha He is an oncologist who chose to be an entrepreneur as he wanted state-of-the-art world-class cancer care to […]Read More
Team L&M One of the reasons of my picking up Make Your Own Luck (MYOL) by Bob Miglani and Rehan Yar Khan (Fingerprint!; non-fiction; Rs 250) was the quote on its cover by someone I had the opportunity of working with over two decades back. This was at The Pioneer in New Delhi. Must have […]Read More
Author S Venkatesh’s debut book enters book-to-screen adaptation deal Saurabh Tankha Acclaimed for its combination of conspiracy, history, mythology and science, Amazon #1 bestselling thriller last year, KaalKoot – The Lost Himalayan Secret, has entered into a book-to-screen adaptation optioning deal with a Hindi film producer. Penned by debutant author S Venkatesh, KaalKoot has loads of twists and […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha It was during a session with his spiritual guru who was explaining the philosophy of Sattva Rajas Tamas and their presence in every human in differing proportions to him that the idea seemed to take root. The first draft — a story of the battle for truth and dharma, for meritocracy over entitlement and avarice — of […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha When you are born in a family with a well-known critic and essayist in Malayalam literature as your grandfather (MP Paul) and renowned novelists and playwrights as an aunt and uncle (Rosy and CJ Thomas), you seem to develop love for literature automatically. May be the reason why Mathew Vincent Menacherry is writing […]Read More
Team L&M If someone tells you that the past doesn’t haunt you, never believe it. The person must be making a fool out of you. Like our present, the past has been a part of our life and as author Mayank Manohar mentions in his debut fictional work, Shadow Of The Past (Fingerprint; Rs 199; Pages 168), Life […]Read More