By Vikas Datta Title: Chronicle of a Last Summer; Author: Yasmine El Rashidi; Publisher: Tim Duggan Books/Penguin Random House US; Pages: 194; Price: Rs 499 Volcanic emotions contribute to, and are further generated, during turbulent…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) From working at a farm to taking up a bartending job while studying, Canadian actor Diego Klattenhoff says his journey into the world of glamour was not…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The big garbage bags that come out of homes or hotels are mostly weighed down by food waste. Chef George Calombaris, best known as a judge on…
By Anand Venkitachalam It was born in an era of protests. As young people took to the streets across Europe and the United States in the 1960s, challenging the norms set for generations, a little-known…
By Rachel V. Thomas New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Mustard oil, with its ideal ratio of essential fatty acids and natural antioxidants, may be one of the healthiest edible oils, with huge benefits for the…
By Ritu Sharma Hamelin (Germany), June 6 (IANS) So your kids’ summer vacations are on and all you have are clich?d holiday destinations to go to. How about a journey through the fairy tales and…
By Nivedita New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Her designs are widely replicated by shop owners, and bought by those who want to ace their style quotient in an affordable way, but designer Anita Dongre feels…
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) If you had experienced the “indestructible” Nokia 3310 a decade ago, you must have waited for it after a long hiatus once the news broke of its…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) After a terror attack struck music lovers at singer Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, English songstress Lucy Rose says people should “keep playing and keep going to…
By Arundhati Roy (One of the most anticipated novels of 2017, “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” will hit the bookstands across India on Tuesday, June 6. The novel comes 20 years after the author’s “The…
By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) From “stereotypical caricatures” to “realistic and believable” — the portrayal of LGBTQ characters in mainstream Indian films has undergone a shift. But it’s far from the positive…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, who is currently a professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University, spent long periods in distant villages…
By Vikas Datta It began as a literary hoax in 19th century Lucknow but this massive triumph of Indian imagination went on to have greater cultural impact — even beyond the subcontinent — than envisaged…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Jayalalithaa – A Journey; Authors: Papri Sri Raman and Renu Kaul Verma; Publishers: Vitasta; Pages: 200; Price: Rs 3,995 How did a beautiful, doe-eyed woman of the 1970s become one…
By Anuj Sharma New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) A strong line-up of affordable products that live up to expectations is driving the success story of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi in India. Keeping the same strategy…
By Saket Suman Book: Sonal Mansingh – A Life Like No Other; Author: Sujata Prasad; Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 220; Price: Rs 599 Few Indian classical dancers have risen to such fame and glory as the…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Winter Fortress; Author: Neal Bascomb; Publisher: Head of Zeus; Pages: 399; Price: Rs 499 Would the Second World War have ended the same way if Hitler’s Germany had developed an…
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) When it comes to making a good beginning in the fast-evolving Indian smartphone market, it doesn’t matter even if you are as grand an icon as Sachin…
By Saket Suman (Book: Maid In India; Author: Tripti Lahiri; Publisher: Aleph; Pages: 314; Price: Rs 599) Do you have a domestic help at home to assist your family with household chores? When was the…
Of stolen books, horrors of bondage, dark secrets and love across the border (IANS Books This Weekend) New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Discover the dark business of stolen books and manuscripts and the FBI’s attempts…