books

MURTAZA ALI KHAN -November 22, 2021

Member of the quartet S&G Escapes, Nalin Singh, talks about ‘Café Morgan’, the groups latest foray in the world of collaborative writing   The writing quartet of Bharti and Sunil Girdhar & Aparna and Nalin Singh currently finds itself in a very unique space in India’s literary scene. As collaborative fiction writers, the Girdhars and Singhs have so far […]

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Nabeel Ahmed -March 9, 2021

With Delhi’s World Book Fair going virtual, avid readers and regulars at the event are left feeling disheartened Organised by the National Book Trust (NBT) in association with India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), the World Book Fair, one of the first ever virtual book fairs in the country, is one of the most awaited events […]

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Sreya Deb -November 1, 2018

Book exchange events and websites are giving avid readers the opportunity to find books they always wanted to read by creating innovative book banks Bibliophiles will attest to how heart-wrenching it is when a book comes to an end. What feels worse is when one actually runs out of material to read or when one […]

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Shruti Das -August 2, 2018

If a library lends you a person instead of a book, the experience is bound to be quite different from what you are used to As you walk up to the registration section of this library, a young girl at the desk greets you with a smile and asks, “Hi, which book would you want […]

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Anurag tripathi -May 10, 2018

An extract from the book on Ram Rahim Singh ‘Insan’ by investigative journalist Anurag Tripathi, about the informer who first gave the tip-off 10 years ago that all was not well at Dera Sacha Sauda The next two days were business as usual. We camped next to the phone, fervently hoping for a call from […]

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Mehdi Khawaja -May 3, 2018

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 […]

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Sadiqa Peerbhoy -April 13, 2018

An extract from House of Discord by Sadiqa Peerbhoy, set in 1992 Mumbai, where the life of a family gets inextricably tangled due to the communal riots sweeping the city He jammed his foot on the accelerator. Thankfully the rush-hour traffic had dwindled down and he could speed towards Kala Ghoda where Salma was waiting […]

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Santosh Mehta -April 6, 2018

After making bold films with a strongly feminist theme, Aruna Raje has penned her own life story, full of rich material that could inspire a film Aruna Raje Patil started her career as one of the first woman technicians in the Hindi film industryand went on to become a famous film-maker. She started out making […]

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