By Vikas Datta Title: The Gatekeepers; Author: Chris Whipple; Publisher: Crown/Penguin Random House LLC; Pages: 384; Price: Rs 799 The floundering that marks the Donald Trump presidency so far may be due to his ignoring…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A look at the top 10 highest-selling “Crime, Thriller and Mystery” writers on Amazon India introduces us to the likes of Agatha Christie, Dan Brown, Sidney Sheldon…
By Vikas Datta The human capacity for perverse contrariness or, at best, a different perspective, is quite immense. And suffering most from it are writers, who must not only hope their work appeals to the…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) From Hasan Minhaj and Aziz Ansari to Kal Penn and Russell Peters, many Indian-origin comics pick up their immigration tales as well as “desi” stories for their…
By Prashant Sood Pokhara, July 8 (IANS) Standing by a lake, with forested hills on one side and snow-capped Himalayan peaks on the other, was an unforgettable moment for me in Pokhara, the picturesque Nepalese…
By Prashant Sood Pokhara, July 8 (IANS) Standing by a lake, with forested hills on one side and snow-capped Himalayan peaks on the other, was an unforgettable moment for me in Pokhara, the picturesque Nepalese…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Tom Holland, who is garnering accolades for his superhero avatar in “Spider-Man: Homecoming”, harbours a dream of directing a feature film in the next five years. The…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Brutally sidelined by critics, made fun of by several headline authors and even rejected for its “average and below-average” standard of writing, the continued rise of popular fiction in India…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Popular singer Shaan has served as a host and judge on children’s reality TV shows and feels that counselling participants and their parents was very important to…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Get a collection of new street-smarts based on interviews with experienced people, read a powerful legal thriller that moves breathlessly from crime scene to courtroom, and flick through a sweet…
By Nury Vittachi A boy named Hal Warden, 16, successfully divorced his wife, who was 13. They had been married a year. It was actually the boy’s second marriage. His first marriage had been to…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Tiger Shroff says his father Jackie Shroff’s journey from a Mumbai chawl to superstardom not just inspires him but also teaches him how to stay grounded. However,…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) He is the man credited with jingles of brands like Thums Up, Frooti and Amul, who gave KK his “Pal” and Asha Bhosle a peppy version of…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Colours of My Heart – Selected Poems; Author: Faiz Ahmed Faiz & Baran Farooqi (translator); Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 304; Price: Rs 499 “Maqam, Faiz, koi raah mein jacha…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Keen observers of contemporary Indian literature would agree that most recent books have depended heavily on promotions and marketing. But if publicity rules the roost, does the…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Suddenly, dull residential areas in the centre of the capital, with their typical box-shaped, whitewashed government housing, have come to life. The area around Lodhi Road, which…
By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) In a video gone viral, she looks helpless and uncomfortable as she tries to hide her face and turns around to escape shutterbugs who go clickety-click while…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) It’s spring rolls, Thai curry and chowmein-free zone. Rosang, where spices and herbs are sourced from all the eight states of northeast India to acquaint foodies of…
By Saket Suman Until very recently, globalisation was the talk of the town and promised to be a melting pot of global cultures, economies and social ties. Two recent books by prominent western authors, on…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Pete Oswald’s tryst with Indian animation industry started when he helped some of his friends set up an animation studio in Pune. The American production designer finds…