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Coverpage of Mahanadi By Anita Agnihotri.

Book Review | A great river's stories that inquire, inform

A classic example of realist eco-fiction, it effortlessly straddles the domains of geography, sociology, cultural...

25 Sept 2021 11:33 PM IST

Book Review | Geeky startup ideator cheekily observes patriarchy

Book Review | Geeky startup ideator cheekily observes patriarchy

Anam's pen has a flair for infusing humour into the storytelling, which jogged at a steady pace

25 Sept 2021 11:26 PM IST

Cover page of The Dalai Lama: A Remarkable Life

Book Review | How the Dalai Lama beat Communists by spreading the...

Author Alexander Norman's book traces the tragic sequence of events that marked the Dalai Lama's life

25 Sept 2021 11:18 PM IST

De-mystifying diet fads

The Don't-Diet Plan: A No-Nonsense Guide to Weight Loss by Kavita Devgan tells us how not to diet

23 Sept 2021 12:10 AM IST

Somesh Kumar released the collection and handed over the first copy to Das wife Padmaja to whom the collection of poems has been dedicated. (DC Image)

Poetic side of AP chief secretary Adityanath Das draws wholesome...

Chief secretary of Telangana Somesh Kumar releases Dancing with Dreams' by Adityanath Das

19 Sept 2021 11:45 PM IST

The executive board also announced the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2020 in 24 Indian languages on Saturday. (DC File Image)

Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam, other winners receive Sahitya...

The award includes a casket containing an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs 1,00,000

19 Sept 2021 3:19 AM IST

Things didnt change after I joined Nowrosjee Wadia College in Pune. The students too had never heard of the battle of Rezang La.

Book Review | Why I decided to pen down the story of Rezang La

In 2018, when the thought occurred to me about writing a book on the Rezang La battle, it came to me as an epiphany

16 Sept 2021 3:51 AM IST

Turning traditional

Indian customs are rooted in wellness and offer an unparalleled wealth of wisdom

16 Sept 2021 12:10 AM IST

Artwork by artist Mridul Chakraborty

Nature in a post-pandemic art world

An exhibition, Panorama-19' in New Delhi celebrated the artworks of 20 modern artists. Read on

14 Sept 2021 12:17 AM IST

The poem, Light of Asia, by Edwn Arnold has a curious life and journey of its own.

Ambedkar's Buddha inspires me more than Gandhi's: Jairam Ramesh

'I connect more with Ambedkar's social revolutionary Buddha than Gandhi's spiritual teacher,' says Jairam Ramesh

13 Sept 2021 6:45 PM IST

On December 16, 1971, 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered to the Indian Army in the newly liberated Bangladesh. (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | Rare and inspiring accounts from the 1971 war theatres

A serious drawback for India is that for over 74 years since its independence, its actual history has not been taught in...

12 Sept 2021 2:05 AM IST

Since Dhondys title Fragments Against My Ruin, taken from The Waste Land, has been interpreted in many ways, one cant be sure of his precise meaning. (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | An immigrant's progress and other scoops from Old...

Did Ronald Reagan really think after seeing Attenborough's film that Indira Gandhi was the Mahatma's daughter?

12 Sept 2021 1:49 AM IST