By Vishnu Makhijani Book: AB – The Autobiography; Author: A.B. de Villiers; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 328; Price: Rs 599 He is at the prime of his career, has scored over 14,000 runs in…
New York, Sep 9 (IANS) A 13th century Maya document regarded with scepticism since it was reportedly unearthed by looters from a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, in the 1960s is not only genuine but is…
By Vikas Datta Title: Rekha – The Untold Story; Author: Yasser Usman; Publisher: Juggernaut; Pages: 240; Price: Rs 499 Film stars are expected to shock with their apparel and appearances, but not with socio-religious customs….
By Vishnu Makhijani Book: Higher Than Everest – Memoirs of a Mountaineer; Author: Major HPS Ahluwalia; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 290; Price: Rs 695/$20 For one who was not even a teenager when Major H.P.S….
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Terror organisations like the Islamic State (IS) and the Al Qaeda could rise only because governments of different countries funded them at one point of time or the other in…
Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) Vikram starrer Telugu action-thriller “Inkokkadu”, which features the actor in dual roles, is releasing in the US on Wednesday amid high anticipation. While the film releases in India on Friday, it…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Sahmat, an activist group based in Delhi, on Wednesday denounced the National Book Trust (NBT) decision to remove eminent historian Bipan Chandra’s book “Communalism: A Primer” from its Hindi catalogue….
By Sirshendu Panth How does one analyse the genius of a multi-faceted icon like Bhupen Hazarika? The biggest danger lies in ending up highlighting one aspect, at the cost of missing out on the overall…
By Vikas Datta Title: Against Elections – The Case for Democracy; Author: David Van Reybrouck; Publisher: Bodley Head/Random House India; Pages: 208; Price: Rs 499 Democracies, at a time when they predominate both across the…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Ranjan Banerjee, eminent writer who has been staying at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here as writer-in-residence from September 1 to 7, called on President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday. Banerjee is a…
Gurgaon, Sep 6 (IANS) Over two dozen Haryana artistes on Monday urged Gurgaon police to ensure justice for dancer and singer Sapna Chaudhary who attempted suicide after obscene messages were posted against her on Facebook….
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) Students from Mexico come to India to learn different kinds of skills ranging from information technology (IT) to yoga and even how to play the tabla, said the Mexican envoy to…
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi, also a known poet, on Tuesday embarked on a visit to Britain to participate in and preside over a conference of poets. According to a…
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) A group of 10 Indian poets will travel to Germany as part of an unique initiative ‘Poets Translating Poets’ as part of a two-year long literary project of Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan,…
By Vikas Datta Title: Once Upon a Time in India -The Marvellous Adventures of Captain Corcoran; Author: Alfred Assollant (translated by Sam Miller); Publisher: Juggernaut; Pages: 252; Price: Rs 299 The Raj seems an integral…
By Vishnu Makhijani Book: China’s Transition under Xi Jinping; Editor: Jagannath P. Panda; Publisher: Pentagon Press; Pages: 427; Price: Rs 1,995/$59.95 This China 2015 Yearbook of the defence ministry-funded think tank Institute for Defence Studies…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The ten-day long ‘Ganesh Utsava’ commenced here on Monday with traditional gaiety and fervor with a number of pandals coming up across the city. Lord Ganesha, the son of Lord…
Mumbai/Hyderabad/Bhopal/Chennai/Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the beginning of 10-day festivities, was celebrated across the country on Monday with the installation of idols of the elephant-headed Hindu god. Cities in various states wore a…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Thousands of people across Karnataka celebrated the beginning of the 10-day Ganesha festival on Monday with religious fervour and piety. Rising before dawn and taking a early oil bath, hundreds of…
By Vikas Datta Soon after he became India’s second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday began to be celebrated as “Teachers’ Day”, given his belief that “teachers should be the best minds in the country” and his…