Book Name: Acid Author: Sangeetha Sreenivasan Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Two striking women, Kamala and Shaly, helm an unusual household, fuelled by their intense, tempestuous romance in a rapidly changing Bangalore. Downstairs, Kamala’s sons take care of…
Book Name: Politics for a New India: A Nationalistic Perspective Editor: Shri Prakash Singh Publisher: Rupa Publications Genere: Non fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: This book may be treated, but with precaution, as indigenization of political science in India. This book is a…
Book Name: The Revolt of the Lamebren Author: Manjiri Prabhu Publisher: Readomania Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: What if you are born with a termination date? Would you be ready to die at sixteen? In the Super-Dome of the future, Altklugs are…
Bloomsbury to Publish Ready To Fire: How India and I Survived the ISRO Spy Case by Nambi Narayanan & Arun Ram A top scientist is falsely accused of selling space technology secrets. A police inspector’s misadventure with a Maldivian woman results in a fabricated espionage case. A faction…
ASHTAMAHISHI: The Eight Wives of Krishna by Radha Vishwanath (Rs 295, 197 pp) ABOUT THE BOOK Krishna, the eternal lover, is believed to have charmed the heart of every woman he came across, and his marriage with 16,100 women is…
Mehr: A Love Story by Siddhartha Gigoo (Rs 295, 213pp) ABOUT THE BOOK ‘Thus, I begin, not at the beginning, but at the end when I had met her for the first time.’ Mehr, a Shia woman from Pakistan, falls in love…
SUCCEEDING THE AKSHAY KUMAR WAY by Virender Kapoor (Rs 195, 126 pp) ABOUT THE BOOK Akshay Kumar’s life offers the perfect recipe for a ‘happiness package’! What is success? Is it money, fame, health, family, respect, happiness, professional acclaim, and satisfaction? In fact,…
The IndiGo Story by Shelley Vishwajeet (Rs 500, 179 pp) ABOUT THE BOOK The IndiGo Story is a fascinating analysis of the manner in which an unknown entity entered the perilous Indian sky and became its undisputed leader both in terms of market…
The Great Indian School Bazaar by Dev Lahiri (Rs 195, 168 pp) ‘Teaching is one profession, which, I am convinced, is worth doing only if a teacher wakes up every morning with a sense of joy and excitement at the prospect of…
India Ahead: 2025 and Beyond by Bimal Jalan (Rs 495, 179pp) ABOUT THE BOOK India’s fundamentals are, no doubt, stronger now than ever before, but the country also faces several old and new challenges in the areas of politics, economics,…
Nazir Ahmad (1831–1912) was a well-known Urdu writer and colonial administrator. Besides the fame he achieved as a writer and thinker in his lifetime, he was admired for his attempts at social and religious reform. Nazir ahmad died of a…