e onWith the help of interesting anecdotes and case studies, Jay Kumar Hariharan in his book, Rewire: How To Be The Leader Of Your Own Life (Body & Soul Books), touches upon key subjects of corporate culture and how leaders can sail through conflicts keeping this healthy culture intact, highlighting the need to laugh to […]Read More
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Saurabh Tankha She has been a designer, a manager, an editor, and now, she is an author. Damyanti Biswas, who recently introduced her debut novel, a crime fiction, You Beneath Your Skin (Simon &Schuster; Rs 399), credits her husband for holding her hand on each step of the writing journey, and that he’s the reason […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Subtly juxtaposed on the life Jayadeva, the famous 12th century poet and author of Gita Govinda, Sahitya Akademi award longlisted poet, playwright and novelist Raj Supe’s When Life Cartwheels (Platinum Press) is a passionate love story is, as the author writes “born of the churning confluence of two polar opposites – a vivacious […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Now this is an interesting mix – an author who is an experiential happiness trainer. And she is an entrepreneur too – the founder of a coworking venture in Lucknow. Wait! She is an ex-corporate lawyer as well. Meet Runjhun Noopur whose short story, Braid of Honour, was adjudged as one of three […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha The author of Demons & Demigods and Supreme Court lawyer Aparna Jha argues that capital punishment should be abolished in India. Excerpts from an interview: When and how did the idea of writing a book on capital punishment strike you? I have written two books earlier –Black, White and Polka Dot and […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Author Sindhu Rajasekaran’s stories focus on the prismatic nature of human interactions. At the core, her stories feature femininity, love and loss with a distinct hint of melancholy. After the well-deserved recognition for her first book, Kaleidoscopic Reflections, she wrote a collection of short stories for her next venture, So I Let it Be. Her stories from […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha The rice beer bellies of a Christian village in Meghalaya; food fed to departed Zoroastrian souls; a Kolkata-based Jewish community in decline; Tibetan monks who first serve Preta, the hungry ghost; and 56-course feasts of the Jagannath Temple — these are the stories in Bhagwan Ke Pakwaan (or food of the gods), a cookbook-cum-travelogue exploring the connection between […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Ramayana is the saga of Lord Rama’s life. It is one of the greatest Indian epics offering not just lessons on statecraft and administration that transcend time and space but also on life and relationships. These are as relevant today as they were back then. A Childhood Bond with the Epic My […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Novelist-academician-literary critic Saikat Majumdar recently came out with his latest work, The Scent Of God. Born in Kolkata and educated in India and the US, Majumdar, after teaching stints in the US and Canada, is now a professor of creative writing and English at Ashoka University. We spoke to Majumdar about The Scent […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Was he sane? Was he a psychopath? What (and not who) was he? — These are questions that keep striking you days after reading The Sane Psychopath (Fingerprint Publishing) from cover to cover. And even as you keep wondering as to who can get you the answers to these questions, a few more […]Read More