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
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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
Team L&M In the introduction to The Shiva Sutras (Ranjit Chaudhri; Fingerprint; Rs 199; Pages 143), author Ranjit Chaudhri writes that these “are aphorisms which, as per the legend, were revealed by Lord Shiva to the sage Vasugupta in the eighth century AD. There are three versions of this came around. The first version says […]Read More
Team L&M Celebrated and iconic contemporary writer Ruskin Bond has collaborated with Penguin Random House India to launch his first set of audiobooks based on his original short stories. This is the first time an author of Penguin Random House India records his own work in his own voice for an audiobook. This series of […]Read More
From online trolling, food and substance abuse to crash-dieting and the perils of being a social media influencer, Nielson’s Bestseller Adulting (HarperCollins India) by NEHARIKA GUPTA spells out the world of the new millennials. In this entertaining new novel, crash-dieting, confidence no-brainers and creative dating form part of the story’s narrative. The author’s flawed but lovable […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Author Shreyas Bhave recently released the third and final volume of his epic trilogy Nemesis of Kalinga: The Asoka Trilogy based on ancient text, folklores and rock edicts from the iron age of India. Bhave retells the story of one of the most important figures of our national history and his dynasty whose symbol flies proudly on […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Over decades, we have seen them scribbling prescriptions in illegible handwriting. So when the two authors of Dear People, With Love and Care, Your Doctors (Bloomsbury India), Dr Debraj Shome and Dr Aparna Govil Bhasker, expressed themselves in as many words as they did for this interview with www.lifeandmore.in, it could only lead us […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Over decades, we have seen them scribbling prescriptions in illegible handwriting. So when the two authors of Dear People, With Love and Care, Your Doctors (Bloomsbury India), Dr Debraj Shome and Dr Aparna Govil Bhasker, expressed themselves in as many words as they did for this interview with www.lifeandmore.in, it could only lead us […]Read More