Books

Bandit King

Shashi Warrier

The thrilling adventures of a fearless robber, with cameos by Jim Corbett and General Dyer.

Diaspora Dissection

Saaz Aggarwal

Five continents. Seventy five relatives. And an insightful journey, warts and all, to discover how we become the way we are.

Silent Bestsellers

Rahul Jayaram

Cocktail crowds don’t trip over each other trying to grab a photo op with these writers. Celebs, they’re not. But away from the media glare, their books have found more readers than anyone imagined.

Danger and Denial

Hartosh Singh Bal

Three years after his Nobel victory, Orhan Pamuk shows the prize was no retirement award with a fine novel about love and memories

Weekend Wisdom

Rahul Pandita

Dhume’s book serves as an apt portrait of an Indonesia torn between love for Osama bin Laden and Demi Moore

Thunder Tomes

TR Vivek

Recent literature on the world’s financial crisis is anything but boring. These books crackle, roar and rip

Windows and Winds

Aresh Shirali

Here’s a way to fix run-riot capitalism that is wowing policymakers in the West

Husain’s New Canvas

Arindam Mukherjee

He’s 94, but not afraid of opening up to new technology. Artist MF Husain sketches his life out for the e-reader.

Rawlsian Relay

Aresh Shirali

Amartya Sen declares the Ideal State useless. But four months on, its resilience as an idea begins to intrigue

Uncivil Lines

Open

Sex, Goa, wild elephants and last but not the least, Khushwant Singh in his element. These are just some of the features that give this anthology a quixotic, rogue appeal.