Book Review- Everest: The First Ascent

It was in 1953, the year of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, that the fading glory of the British Empire got its final sheen.

Book Review: Revolution from above

For some India is a superpower. A few others bask in the glory of India supposedly once being a golden sparrow and a land of plenty.

Book Review- SD Burman: The World Of His Music

Sachin Dev Burman scripted one of the most glorious chapters in the annals of Hindi film music and doing full justice to the depth and breadth of the maestro’s contribution is bound to take a book some doing.

Book Review- Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield

In some ways, Scahill’s Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield, does not come out as a revelation.

Book Review: The Billionaire'$ Apprentice

The story of the rise, rise and rise and then fall of Rajat Gupta will interest and intrigue every Indian who has dreamed of making it to America, which is often touted as land of opportunities.

Book Review: The Orphan Master's Son

When Adam Johnson came out with The Orphan Master’s Son, people in general expected it to be a thought-provoking and entertaining piece of work.

Book Review: The Uninvited

An apocalyptic world and human relationships in it have always fascinated many a writer.

Book Review: India and China in Southeast Asia

In recent times there has been a trend to sensationalise everything pertaining to China.

Book Review: Exotic Aliens

The four big cats - the tiger, lion, leopard and jaguar that belong to the genus Panthera – have fascinated human civilization since time immemorial.

Book Review: In the Body of the World

The distance between art and activism isn't insignificant. On the face of it, they do inhabit two completely different spheres, but both can exercise great influence on human lives and thought.

Book Review: Empire of the Moghul- The Serpent's Tooth

Like their previous four instalments that dealt primarily as bildungsromans for a particular Mughal, The Serpent’s Tooth deals with the life and times of Shah Jahan.

Book Review - Dhandha: How Gujaratis Do Business

Gujarat of late has been hitting the headlines for many right and wrong reasons. However Gujarat is not limited to mission, omission and commission of its Chief Minister Narendra Modi who has been recently elevated as chairman of BJP’s National Election Campaign Committee and is nurturing Prime Ministerial ambitions.

Book Review - A Matter Of Rats: A Short Biography Of Patna

inside the heart of darkness

For 11 years we have visited and revisited the horrific riots that engulfed Gujarat in 2002 after a coach of a train was set ablaze at Godhra station, killing 48 people. Those riots claimed over 2000 Muslim lives,

Heroism wrapped in an enigma

By today’s standards, his exploits with the bat would at best be regarded as average