Isn’t this August, the month India gained Independence? For when in the same month the country gained Independence, the voice of its citizens was silenced due to pressures from the same quarters from whose clutches it managed to break free. In such a scenario, what does one do? Where does one go? These were the […]Read More
Garima Batra These stressful Covid-19 times have once again brought us back to our roots wherein we are trying to look for answers to the varied questions in our holy textbooks. The phenomenal viewership of Ramayana and Mahabharata on Delhi Doordarshan is a testimony to this. The importance and knowledge of mythology, which had been declining with each passing […]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
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
Saurabh Tankha Born to renowned Marathi author late BD Kher and classical singer mother (now 91), Rajendra Kher has been writing for over two decades. The graduate from Pune University has published 10 books in Marathi, all of which have been received with critical acclaim. Kher has worked as an assistant director in the film […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Now this is an interesting mix – an author who is an experiential happiness trainer. And she is an entrepreneur too – the founder of a coworking venture in Lucknow. Wait! She is an ex-corporate lawyer as well. Meet Runjhun Noopur whose short story, Braid of Honour, was adjudged as one of three […]Read More
Team L&M In recent times, the doctor-patient relationship has suffered lack of trust and perhaps empathy, and the connection seems to be much less than it used to be. While earlier, doctors used to be treated as god, these days there are unfortunate news of conflicts between doctors and society. In fact, even the incidence of violence against […]Read More
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