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Rajkumari Sharma Tankha She’s tall, beautiful and one of Bollywood’s leading ladies. He’s goofy, loves to wear outlandish clothes and is constantly getting into trouble with reporters. These two sentences on the back cover of Saranya Rai’s debut novel Love, Take Two (Penguin Books) have uncanny resemblance to the classic M&B romances (wherein the male […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha I must confess it was the unusual title of the book that first attracted me to it. But when I first read Is: A Journey That Will Change Your Life (Prabhat Prakashan) by Sandeep Amar, the words simply went over my head. I thought it was some philosophy book meant for research […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Changing Lifestyles and Forgotten Traditions Remember the innumerable occasions your grandmother told you how, as teenagers, your grandfather and even your father, ate dollops of butter on paranthas every morning, or had two teaspoons of desi ghee every morning. And how you, by not eating all this and more, miss out on being […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Why I picked up The Sellout Nation …a Tryst with Globalisation (Notion Press) by Vikram Bhati is because I was thoroughly exhausted of the number of chick lit romances I was deluged with. I wanted something different, and the blurb on the back cover promised me that. And I must say, I […]Read More
Dr Avni S. Tiwari Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions (Bloomsbury) by Johann Hari is an engrossing and thought-provoking read on depression and mental health. It begins with a personal story of being diagnosed with depression and prescribed ‘pills’. The author smartly avoids what he calls ‘pain porn’ and […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha In the race to secure admissions in private English-medium schools and prepare children for a world driven by competition and grades, the quality of education in India is increasingly under pressure. Students, teachers, and institutions alike are struggling to cope with this high-performance environment. However, not all schools follow this path. Some institutions […]Read More
Team L&M In a world dominated by fast food and rushed meals, adopting healthy eating habits can feel like a challenge. Nutrition expert Radhika Toshniwal is on a mission to change that with her book Positive Eating A Guide To Everyday Health & Nutrition. With over 15 years of experience in nutrition, Radhika has built […]Read More
Sukriti Tankha The term dystopia is often used to describe an imagined world where everything is unpleasant, frightening, or undesirable. In Dystopia, author Manoj V Jain takes this concept beyond fiction and applies it to the realities of everyday life—from childhood to adulthood. Published by The Write Place, the book presents a thought-provoking narrative that […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha This was the first time in over two decades of my journalistic career that someone I emailed questions about life, achievements, future plans and more… had the courtesy to reply with detailed answers—and even thanked me for taking an interest in his accomplishments. That’s Rishi Piparaiya for you, dear readers. The founder of […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Her debut novel, What About Meera, won the inaugural Minara Aziz Hassim Literary Prize in South Africa and was longlisted for both the Etisalat Prize for Fiction—one of the most prestigious literary awards for African fiction—and the Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize, South Africa’s largest literary honour. Her short stories also secured […]Read More
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