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Mr B a history buff was actually interested in finding some traces of Alexander the Greats historic march from Macedonia to Pakistan over two thousand years ago while the crew was more interested less in history and more in the sights and sounds of contemporary Peshawar. DC Image

Book Review: A decent sort of madness

The director's threat to leave Mr B and make his find his own way home, is answered by 'please do. I will walk home with...

11 April 2021 8:40 AM IST

One of the biggest achievements of this book is the lucid, non-judgmental manner in which Mahapatra debunks all the various swirls of misinformation around Covid-19 and its spread. DC Image

Book Review: Urgent, cogent, matter-of-fact ready-reckoner on the...

Covid-19 does not just tackle the pandemic from scientific perspective but looks at historic, social and psychological...

11 April 2021 8:37 AM IST

Riding the Enfield wave

Amrit Raj's Indian Icon A Cult Called Royal Enfield follows the England-born motorcycle brand, which attained cult...

4 April 2021 1:27 PM IST

Banks worked mainly for R.D. Burman, (Banks terms him the Mozart of India ) Laxmikant Pyarelal, then Bappi Lahiri, till around the early 1990s. By arrangement

Chronicled, the incredible journey of India's shy, wry jazz king

Born in 1941 in war-torn Calcutta, Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi was re named 'Louiz' to fit into the anglicised world of...

28 March 2021 9:56 AM IST

The authors reading of DRs personality on the whole is accurate despite the scarcely concealed admiration of a gushing fan but the uncritical appreciation of the films made at Bombay Talkies owned by Himanshu Rai. By arrangement

A well-researched but uncritical portrait of Bollywood's first lady'

Desai's reading of DR's personality on the whole is accurate despite the scarcely concealed admiration of a gushing fan

28 March 2021 9:53 AM IST

Reading these stories feels like viewing a series of unrelated Polaroid photos: just as one visual starts to come into focus, the next photograph is presented, still not fully developed. By arrangement

Cleverly imagined and deftly told, Sylvia wears pain lightly

Divided into two parts, the novel introduces several characters, all uniquely damaged, trying to make their way through...

28 March 2021 9:51 AM IST

Giving leopards a spot in his life

Sanjay Gubbi's love for leopards shows through his book Leopard Diaries: The Rosette in India

26 March 2021 3:38 PM IST

Artwork by artist Chitra Ganesh

Myriad tales of laughter

A group-art exhibition, which began in the city recently and is on till June 2021, showcases laughter through art

15 March 2021 4:32 PM IST

The Eureka Moment

The OMG effect of scientific discoveries is what Shweta Taneja hopes will inspire kids to take up research and push...

14 March 2021 11:57 AM IST

Codenamed Operation X, the untold story of Indias covert naval war in East Pakistan in 1971was put together in a book with the same title by Captain M.N.R. Samant, one of INs hardcore professionals and Sandeep Unnithan, the journalist son of a naval officer, and it turned out to read like an unputdownable thriller.

Book Review | Navy's 1971 covert exploits make for breathless readin

Conceived by a few hard core professional IN officers in 1971, Operation X was innovatively conceived and meticulously...

14 March 2021 4:43 AM IST

The core of the narrative revolves around Vavachan, a Dalit Pulayan converted to Christianity.

Book Review | Welcome to Kuttanad's twisted and magical world

Hareesh's novel, set in the first half of the last century, is a phantasmagorical journey through Kuttanad

14 March 2021 4:11 AM IST

Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu, translated by Jenny Bhatt.

Book Review | Worlds within worlds in Dhumketu's best classic short...

In this collection of stories, you go back in time to the age of Bimbisaar, move to Darjeeling just before and after a...

14 March 2021 2:15 AM IST