On Hopeful Fools
Nothing spells happiness and new beginning more than a witty, funny Bildungsroman because it reminds us that change is just around the corner and no matter how much you fight it, it&...
Once upon a time, there were two brothers from Hanau, Germany, whose family had fallen on hard times. So it was decided that the brothers must go out into the world to seek their fortune. Jacob &mdash...
Information flows quietly through the village. In fact everybody, although silent, knows the murderer because Babu, son of Rajendra’s maidservant, Neetu, has followed him through the village tha...
Azadi: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction brings together nine of Arundhati Roy’s essays from 2018 to 2020 — a timespan that starts with democratically-elected governments across the world tak...
Furthermore, what science understands as benevolent intervention can, Macdonald argues, raise complex ethical dilemmas: “Increasingly, animals are seen not only as proxies for scientific researc...
He considers himself to be both a London and a Mumbai boy. While he was born in London, he grew up in Mumbai and met his wife (Raina) in the ‘maximum city’. He pursued bachelor of science ...
The next book to dip into is Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In his inimitable style, the Dalai Lama touches upon topics ranging from attaining mental peace to the experience of illness, suf...
Book: Vajpayee: The Years that Changed India
Author: Shakti Sinha
Publisher: Vintage, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Price: Rs 599
Excerpted with permission from the publisher
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Your Mistress of Spices has been made into a film and your other books have been adapted for plays. How do you feel when your book gets adapted to another form of art?
I’m always excited in the...
What: Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet, edition X
When: January 29 to 31
Where: Live on your screens from Victoria Memorial Hall and various parts of the world
Expect: To relive the days of Kolkata...