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Elixir is a different take on escapism.

A dream world more real than reality

This is a story about how you can find your way out of a situation with effortless though deadly ease.

28 March 2018 1:06 AM IST

Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra, in the process of starting a kitchen game, have produced the Diary of a Domestic Diva, healthy recipes from Shilpa Shettys own kitchen, concocted with the help of her chef who takes a lively hand in the proceedings.

Diva in the kitchen

Recipes from Shilpa Shetty Kundra's kitchen that are a carnival of happy flavours and celebrate food both nutritious...

28 Feb 2018 12:31 AM IST

Woman to woman by Madhulika Liddle Speaking Tiger Rs 299.

Memories weighed down by grief

She is at her strongest in the longer stories where she allows her characters and the situation room to develop.

11 Jan 2018 12:36 AM IST

After the Clifton Chronicles comes this clutch of thirteen short stories, a collection that takes us back to a form Archer had abandoned for quite a while.

Eavesdropping on old scandals

A collection that takes us back to a form Archer had abandoned for quite a while.

22 Nov 2017 1:00 AM IST

The authors have been given the freedom to let their imaginations loose in whichever direction suits them.

A bookful of shivers from an assortment of authors

The authors have been given the freedom to let their imaginations loose in whichever direction suits them.

10 Nov 2017 12:45 AM IST

Boo has a hair-raising note to it because the paranormal, as it appears, has on many occasions a malicious edge.

A bookful of shivers from an assortment of authors

The paranormal experiences span KR Meera, Durjoy Dutta, Kanishk Tharoor and Ispita Roy Chakerverti to name a few.

10 Nov 2017 12:12 AM IST

Photographs by Bina Kak from the book.

Wild and gorgeous

Photographs of tigers in all aspects of their lives as hunters, loving mothers and creatures that prowl through ruins...

2 Nov 2017 12:04 AM IST

Dan Brown, Penguin India pp.544, Rs 799

The geek shall inherit the Earth

Langdon becomes the prime suspect, thanks to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

19 Oct 2017 12:21 AM IST

The book quickens towards the end when the bodies and the threats pile up.

Quirky sleuth on hunt for serial killer in surreal thriller

Arjun Chandra Kathpalia is 16 and has all the 16-year-old's tropes.

20 Sept 2017 12:07 AM IST

Shah mingles Islamic myths like the story of the creation of man and the loss of Solomons ring with real world problems like terrorism, hired killers with a taste for sadism and corrupt cops (Representational Image)

Djinns, fire and the earthly world of human beings

The story is more violent and designed for Marvel Comics fans set against a bustling Karachi with trips.

2 Sept 2017 12:19 AM IST

Boy of fire and earth by Anjana Basu.

Djinns, fire and the earthly world of human beings

The obvious explanation is that Wahid is a drunk driver and he has an irate general after him because the general's...

31 Aug 2017 12:40 AM IST

As the name suggests, the Hanuman Chalisa consists of forty verses in actuality three more than that in the shape of dohas or couplets that frame the rest with two at the beginning and one at the end.

Demystificating the strength and glory of the mighty forty

The text is attributed to Tulsidas, who also wrote the Ramcharitamanas, another beloved book of wisdom.

16 Aug 2017 12:03 AM IST