Invitation
Naturally, while Americans have enjoyed their Dashiell Hammetts and Raymond Chandlers, the closest we have managed to come is a few sordid novels in Hindi and Urdu. Shehryar Fazli’s arrival on the scene, thus, was more an inevitability than accident.
Sonia aims better relation with TMC
Although, Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Bannerjee, was campaigning far away from the district, her absence was filled up by Mrs. Gandhi’s speech
French Laïcité receives a rude shock
In what turned out to be another fiasco on the part of Sarkozy led French government, it has now appeared that the controversial, and much talked about, 'laïcité' initiative is directed towards Islam in general and Muslim population in France in particular.
The Big Bookshelf
Such has been the viewership profile and content of the television in India that to expect a weekly literary program without any crap is something bordering unthinkable.
The Dealer and the Dead
There are fictions and then there are fictions. And when an ex-journalist decides to venture into it, it gives birth to a completely different kind of genre. Gerald Seymour brings his years of experience as a journalist on table when he writes his thrillers and it is ably reflected in his works.
We are the world
Bilal Akhtar and his wife Samina alighted from their hired Qualis about three kilometres away from the PCA Stadium. It was the last point that cars were permitted to go to with the maniacal security in place for a high voltage World Cup Semi Final.
The Collaborator
Few weeks ago, while talking about Pakistani writings in English and its coming of age, a columnist hyphenated Basharat Peer and Mirza Waheed as Pakistanis. While I and hundreds of others (Including of course the two names in question) were outraged; the irony it seemed was not misplaced.
Technological dystopia?
Never judge a book by its cover, and certainly not this particular one. The subtitle ‘How Indian Science is Taking Over the World’ might suggest that London-based science journalist Angela Saini’s Geek Nation is a full-on celebration of the achievements of Indian science. It isn’t.
Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over
Hachette India launched its non-fiction book of the year, Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World by Angela Saini. Geek Nation is the engrossing narration of how India is transforming itself into an international science world power.
The Road Not Taken
“It shows how dangerous it is to be too good,†said Bernard Shaw in his tribute to Mahatma Gandhi when he was assassinated. Dr. Binayak Sen is our contemporary case in point. Dr. Sen is one of those rarest of rare men who epitomizes the beginning sentence of Philip Roth's novel When She Was Good that describes the character of the progenitor of the novel, Willard Carroll.
Bihar's day out
At 10 PM on March 24, the last day of the three-day Bihar Mahotsava, a vast crowd at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan is in the throes of a unique homecoming – of the state entering its 100th year after being carved out of Bengal in 1912.
Unused, misused & abused
Misuse of funds is a common phenomenon in India. However, the even bigger one is under-utilisation of funds. Every year during the budget session, the states and their respective ministers go ga-ga over allocations, – all of them demanding a raise in the sum of funds allocated to their respective ministries.
Book release: In Search of Change Maestros
Pritam Singh and Asha Bhandarker’s "In Search of Change Maestros" published by SAGE Publications was released on 31st March 2011 by Shri B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Death stalks the tiger
Officials of the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) on the outskirts of Bangalore are under fire and justifiably so. A sudden and alarming spurt in deaths of tigers and lions in recent months has put the famed park under a scanner.
Indian Cinema: The Faces Behind the Masks
In the very first page where Anil Saari asks Raj Kapoor what ails the commercial cinema, the book sets the mood for the readers. “The mahaul (atmosphere) is very different today from the earlier times. What directors?
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
