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Durbar by Tavleen Singh – Book Review
Durbar is a journalist’s memoirs that bring out what she saw during her reporting expeditions. And then juxtaposes it with what happened in Delhi’s...
Raja Ravi Varma by Ranjit Desai – Vikrant Pande
Raja Ravi Varma, a king, a painter, and usually called a Prince among the painters and a Painter among the kings. All I knew...
Confucius on Leadership by John Adair
It is believed that Confucius lived in China in 6th BCE, i.e. about 2700 years ago. And is even today considered a teacher on...
The Virgins by Siddharth Tripathi – Book Review
In one sentence - The Virgins captures the Akhadpan and Fakkadpan of Banarasi's. It is about the raw young boys and their world of...
Peep Peep Don’t Sleep by Ajay Jain
Peep Peep Don’t Sleep is a collection of road signs in the Indian Himalayas. Primarily in and around Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand has...
Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh
Trains are fascinating almost everywhere across the world. Indian trains are even more special. They are the world in themselves. A small little universe...
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Attempting to review a classic always comes with a lot of baggage as you have read the book now. But the critical analysis has...
50 Writers, 50 Books by Pradeep Sabestian, Chandra Siddan
Pradeep Sabestian is championing the cause of books on books in India. And thank God for that. His earlier book The Groaning Shelf was...
Losing IT – Making Weight Loss Simple by Dhruv Gupta, Prachi Gupta
Weight loss books will remain best sellers for a long time. Thanks to the obese people around the world. And since they are mostly...
The New Digital Age by Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen
Two Google executives write in this book The New Digital Age, about the future as they see it in the hyper-connected world. They talk...
