For us Indians, Pokhran means the site of the country’s first nuclear tests. But what many don’t know is that this village in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district had to face the lasting negative impact as a result of these tests. Why? Because this went largely unreported by the media. Economist-engineer-philosopher Uday Singh has debuted as an […]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
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
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
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
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
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