The bulk of the book Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard explores cultural underpin We know already. Women like to talk about their feelings. We do it in confessional mode with their friends and family. A lot of it is inconsequential chatter, simple venting and gossip. Very important for mental health, especially if […]

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The bulk of the book Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard explores cultural underpinnings of misogyny in Europe and thus has little to hold the attention of casual Indian readers If journalism is the first rough draft of history, book publishing seems to be the second draft. The writings of successful authors are […]

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If there’s anything you wanted to know about porn and didn’t know whom to ask, read this book. Its tagline goes: ‘How to survive the porn epidemic in India’ BOY: “How to have sex? Of course, I know how to do it! Ha, are you kidding? We do have internet in Bhopal, you know.” GIRL: […]

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‘To sleep, perchance to dream…’ is a Shakespearean line that everybody seems to know. But what is behind the dreams that sometimes haunt you after you wake up? Dr Freud has answers Well, it started in Vienna not so many years ago When not enough folks were getting sick That a starving young physician tried […]

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Female bonding is one of the most endearing aspects of this book, which creates a world inhabited by victims of various riots from around the country Here is a historical fiction that obsessively deals with the nightmares (literally) that took place in Delhi’s Trilokpuri, Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society and Kandhamal. Only those unaware of the fear […]

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How much is too much treatment? Sometimes you have to decide for yourself, based on what you’ve read or the experiences of other patients More people are killed by chemotherapy than by cancer, says a recent news report. Well, it may be a typical media simplification of a carefully worded scientific report. But it is […]

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Spending nights in tents and going on jungle safaris are just some of the thrills that school children can experience during Karavan’s educational tour What takes a bunch of 60-odd student campers of Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh every year? It’s to bond with Mother Nature and explore […]

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