A book on Dhoni

Captain Cool is the story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricket’s poster boy told by noted sportswriter Gulu Ezekiel in his crackling but measured prose. It is the heartwarming account of the boy from Ranchi who grew into a worldwide icon and won for India the World T20 in 2007, the world number one Test […]

The judicial politics

Pakistan’s paying the price of involving both judiciary and military in politics. India must take heed Over the last few years there has been a discernible, if also disturbing, trend to involve, or even drag in the judiciary to settle political scores. While instituting all sorts of cases—fake or genuine, criminal or civil— against political […]

SMOKING HOT

Every year, says the met department, temperatures are rising by 1.5% at least. So what are the chances of summer 2018 being a scorcher? Ranit Das, a resident of Noida, gets up every morning and goes to work in an air-conditioned cab and stays in his air-conditioned office for the next nine hours. The first […]

BRAVING THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Those who work out in the open under the blazing sun don’t say it’s NOT a big deal – after all, it’s their livelihood Seventy-year-old Vijay frequently refills his water bottle to quench his thirst as the mercury rises to 42 degrees. He can’t stop working despite the scorching sun overhead — after all, it […]

Here’s what to read this summer

books of some great authors will be out in coming months. Here is a list of 16 Fiction and Non-Fiction books to look forward to Fiction: 1. “The Neighbourhood” by Mario Vargas Llosa. Peruvian Nobel laureate Llosa’s latest novel features two wealthy couples in 1990s Lima embroiled in political corruption and erotic intrigues. The book […]

Indian Army needs more snipers

The term ‘sniper’ may have originated in India, but we are far short of ‘making a mark’ with the rifles we have Reports have surfaced recently about the Indian Army starting the process of importing 5,000-6,000 modern sniper rifles for R982 crore to replace the Dragunov sniper rifle that is in service currently. It may […]

The love letters

Extract from ‘The Veil’, a short story from the collection The Other “They decided to meet on a no moon night. Each had a reason. She wanted to lose her shadow in the dark so that the world may not see. And for him, he wanted to see his shadow in her light.” As her […]

Sentenced to life

They may be kings of the jungle but bred in captivity in the Delhi zoo, white tigers are reduced to a mere curiosity — and their quality of life greatly compromised July 21, a warm summer day in 2007, Yamuna gave birth to Vijay. Yamuna is from Delhi — her union arranged like many others […]