A former Professor of English at New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University where he worked in the areas of English and Indian literary studies, especially Urdu, Prof Anisur Rahman is a critic and translator with four volumes of poetry translations to his credit. He recently came out with ‘The Essential Ghalib’, which is simply a […]Read More
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Let’s face books. Not time pass facebook or data, meta, peta. What’s a book? Paper, cover, print and photos? Or, between two covers there are ideas that can change world, inspire individuals or help motivate society? Even move governments or make them fall. But, books today are like the radio of a bygone era. A […]Read More
The book features a diverse cast of complex characters - pain healers and lovers, parents and broken souls - that bring life and death to the pageRead More
Sukriti Tankha What do you expect to happen when a graduate in Psychology with an MBA in Human Resources, a 62-year-old retired chemical engineer and a 57-year-old homemaker join hands? Something extraordinary, Right! Well, that’s what actually happened. The trio is running India’s first and one-of-a-kind WhatsApp-based book and toy store for kids aged 0 […]Read More
It was during the pandemic lockdown that MAHESH RAJAN commenced his writing journey with a short story to escape the mundane lockdown everyday life. He got encouraged when his stories and story ideas were acknowledged by the people he shared the stories with. Rajan believes his zest for writing is rooted in his story ideas […]Read More
A chemical engineer who works with a risk management firm, Prachand Praveer took to writing in his childhood days to express himself, beginning with small stories at first. In 2010, his first Hindi novel, Alpahari Grihatyagi: IIT Se Pahle was published by Harper Hindi. His second book, Abhinav Cinema, published by Dakhal Prakashan in 2016, […]Read More
Noted author, journalist, translator and theatre critic SHANTA GOKHALE recently translated Shyamchi Aai (Puffin Classics), considered to be the greatest tribute to mother’s love in Marathi literature. The octogenarian writer talks to SAURABH TANKHA about transformations in theatre over the last six decades, the most difficult part of artistic process, the role her mother played […]Read More
As the nation kick-starts the year-long celebrations of the 125th birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose today (Jan 23, 2021), we bring you an interview with author Rajesh Talwar, who challenges the long-held narrative of Bose’s alleged death in an air crash. In his book, The Vanishing of Subhash Bose: The Mystery Unlocked (Kalpaz Publications), Talwar argues […]Read More
Padma Bhushan SRI M sees the world in a different light. He sees the good, the bad and sometimes, the supernatural. In his quintessential no-holds barred style, Sri M’s most recent release, The Homecoming And Other Stories, urges one to delve deep into the human spirit and get a glimpse of why people do the things they do […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Now, you might find this statement coming from an author a bit odd and out of place. But then Giridharan’s talent is not limited as a writer or as the general manager at the Reserve Bank of India where he tracks large value frauds. The Mumbai-based 51-year-old is also an international sports commentator […]Read More