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Books

Beyond Carrot and Stick

This book by veteran US diplomat Howard B Schaffer underlines the point of American intervention in Kashmir

Delicious Reading

Dig into these food diaries on things as diverse as war-time cooking and the contents of Frida Kahlo’s lunch boxes

Phantoms of the Mind

A novel about ghosts that are as real as the evil in human hearts

The Emperor’s New Portrait

A BBC journalist wades into Mughal history to paint a picture of the fifth emperor in miniature detail, up close and thrilling

Minute Made

We bring you ‘Postmortem’, a short story by Amitava Kumar, which was a contender for the Three-Minute Fiction contest on US National Public Radio.

Blast from the Past

A Hitchhiker’s Guide for the inter-galactic tourist with a mission? The lunacy of Douglas Adams sure is dead

Mostly Harmless

A conversation with Eoin Colfer, author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series and the sixth book of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Keeping the Faiths

A bad review is like a slap on the face, says William Dalrymple on the release of his latest book, Nine Lives

Love in the Time of Purdah

If you loved Persepolis and wept over Not Without My Daughter, this one’s for you.

‘My Books are not that Great’

Writer Chetan Bhagat on the arduous task of ‘simple’ writing, his Booker dream and on scripting his own Bollywood role

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