By Saket Suman Book: Azadi’s Daughter: Being a Secular Muslim in India; Author: Seema Mustafa; Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Price: Rs 299; Pages: 185 This rather unusual book is about the eventful journey of a woman…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Known for helming movies with strong female characters, Gurinder Chadha expresses dismay at the lack of women filmmakers in showbiz and wants to initiate a “50:50 campaign”…
By Nivedita New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Mostly, foreigners are known for not having much fondness for spices, but a French chef says he has been using spices regularly since the time he started cooking…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) It wasn’t long ago when actress Sonakshi Sinha got trolled for sporting blonde hair with a white sari and a colourful pallu at an awards ceremony in…
By Vikas Datta Title: Too Important for the Generals – How Britain Nearly Lost the First World War; Author: Allan Mallinson; Publisher: Bantam Press/Penguin Random House; Pages: 400; Price: Rs 599 At a time when…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) There was a time when Urdu couplets written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz or Ghalib were read from books or heard at ‘mushairas’ (poetry recitations). But now a…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: My Life My Travels: A Travelogue; Author: Sudeep Bhutoria; Publisher: Vani Prakashan; Pages: 188; Price: Rs 399 Why are the pubs of London more delightful than British tea? What can…
By Azera Parveen Rahman Shillong, July 25 (IANS) There is an endless splendour of natural beauty that would strike you on a visit to Meghalaya. Thick pine forests, green hills, countless waterfalls gushing down the…
By Nivedita New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu, who has impressed many with her strong willed and fearless woman characters in films like “Pink” and “Naam Shabana”, says the film industry has changed…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Of all romanticism associated with poetry, the ethereal and carefree life of a poet is perhaps the most adored. But is this — the state of a…
By Mudita Girotra Palakkad (Kerala), July 24 (IANS) Does eating healthy necessarily mean eating tasteless? A gourmand may well answer that with a resounding ‘Yes’ — but a bunch of chefs at the top of…
By Vikas Datta Title: A Day in the Life of the Brain; Author: Susan Greenfield; Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 271; Price: Rs 499 It has particular cells stimulated by pictures of Jennifer Aniston (though…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, July 23 (IANS) Opening a new Japanese restaurant, drawing up a new menu for its Indian restaurant, not retrenching staff and offering guests more are the daring strategies being adopted at…
By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, July 23 (IANS) In this Caribbean nation, where 44 percent of the population is of Indian origin, the new Miss Trinidad & Tobago has been advised to greet global audiences at…
By Anand Venkitachalam New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Demonic Resurrection, one of the pioneering bands at the forefront of the Indian metal scene, is out with its new album “Dashavatar”, which lead vocalist and founder…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The world’s largest democracy is witness to debates on a range of issues and noted public intellectuals from across the political spectrum — Left, Right and Centre…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) It’s been a year since famed Indian artist S.H. Raza’s death on July 23. A legend in the true sense of the word, he popularised Indian concepts…
By Vikas Datta Title: Man of Her Match; Author: Sakshama Puri Dhariwal; Publisher: Penguin Random House India; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 299 Take a cricketer whose on-field exploits are matched, if not overshadowed, by his…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Tarun Tahiliani, one of India’s favourite bridal designers, has made a whole series of “very nice short vignette films” on fashion but says he doesn’t see himself…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Discover the touching fictional tale of a joint family at the centre of which is “mai” or the mother, who holds the entire family together; flick through a manual that…