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BOOKS

Shikhandini won the war of Kurukshetra for Pandavas…

Saurabh Tankha History would have been written differently if she wouldn’t have been there. The firstborn of King Drupada, she was trained to be a warrior from early childhood. A Rathi, and then an Athirathi, a warrior of unmatched valour and skill, the princess of Panchal singlehandedly defeated the hundred Kaurava brothers in a battle. Though centuries […]Read More

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Books on the shelves

Nothing Ventured: Book #1 of William Warwick Series by Jeffrey Archer PAN ǀ Rs 399 Nothing Ventured is an incredible and thrilling novel by master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer. This is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective… William Warwick has […]Read More

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Writing for me is therapeutic: Sarita Mathur

Saurabh Tankha South Africa-based author and poet Sarita Mathur in her inspiring book, Once Again Love: Reconnecting With The Heart, introduces readers to the joy of a life filled with love. Through its unique combination of poetry and prose, the book launches readers to the metaphysical aspects of life through instances of both science and […]Read More

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Laugh while you learn

Team L&M To help youngsters understand how to study, prepare for exams and manage stress during the exam time, the Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Fortis Healthcare under the aegis of the Fortis School Mental Health Program, has launched the first book on Study and Exam Skills, as part of the comic series […]Read More

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A day in the lives of…

Team L&M There are some stories which you read and forget. And then there are others which remain with you forever. A Year of Wednesdays by Sonia Bahl (Fingerprint!; Rs 299) falls in the latter category for the sheer connect it manages to establish with the reader right from the beginning. The story of this […]Read More

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Food is the fulcrum of our lives: Devang and Varud

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

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Does the soul exist?

There is a school of thought that believes in the ‘Here and now’, ‘What we sow is what we reap’, they believe. ‘The concept of soul or karma is not a tangible one and nobody has been able to authenticate it yet, so how do I believe in it’, said one of my friends. Promptly, […]Read More

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