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Gagandeep Singh Sapra
One of the world’s lightest ultrabooks, it weighs just over a kilogram
The Value of History
There is a lot that Bihar can learn from its glorious past to solve problems currently plaguing the state
The Joys of Sex
More than three decades after it was written, Penguin publishes the ‘thinking woman’s Fifty Shades’. But it fails to live up to its reputation
Tall Tales
Hoping to ‘debunk’ myths about India’s growth, Bhagwati and Panagariya spin some fairy tales of their own
Chronofighter Oversize GMT +30 India
Graham’s dual timezone watch on the occasion of India’s Independence Day
The Pixellated Penis and Other Tales of Modern Censorship
Why fear of India’s obscenity law turned HarperCollins prudish on a recent graphic novel, but doesn’t stop the publication of explicitly illustrated versions of the Kama Sutra
Heaven, Hell and Earth
Amitava Kumar’s A Matter of Rats casts Patna in a triple role of memory, magnet and mundanity. It is a good book. With one more nudge, it could have been a great one
“It’s Like Fine French Cooking”
Michael Katakis, writer, photographer and manager of the Ernest Hemingway estate, on why people will never tire of the late writer’s works
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