In an unexpected twist, this enthusiast saw his rafting trip on the Zanskar turn into a struggle for survival against floods and landslides. Passing by wreckage of bad weather, he realised the violent river was the only way to safety.
20 August 2010The lure of a job got Arindam Mukherjee to pack his life in his car and travel the breadth of the American continent and back. He conquered the road, and also regained his confidence.
21 July 2010In rowdy-as-ever Punjab, the spirit of kabaddi trumped the heat, chaos and IPL cricket in a festive celebration of the game.
15 April 2010Here comes another Bangladeshi expatriate author in English who easily qualifies as one of the finest from his country.
14 April 2010The Japanese Wife weaves an innocent love story out of an improbable modern-day fairy tale.
01 April 2010Even before the opening of his latest show, Atul Dodiya has sold all 12 works. But he says he regrets the commodification of art.
04 March 2010Self-taught Indian American musician Vijay Iyer is wowing the world today. But he started playing the piano only to annoy his sister.
04 February 2010The necklace is an overpowering and almost macabre motif in Anju Dodiya’s ‘fictional self images’.
20 January 2010He’s 94, but not afraid of opening up to new technology. Artist MF Husain sketches his life out for the e-reader.
18 November 2009In this book, six Indian candidates have a shot at shaking W’s hand. Who will win?
11 November 2009Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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