Lounge

War, Terror and Hate

Pranati Mehra

Journalist Adrian Levy’s book Deception was about the West’s role in Al Qaida’s birth and Pakistan’s duplicity. The Meadow was about a kidnapping in Kashmir. Now he plans one on 26/11. An interview

Sony Bravia 46 HX850

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

A monolith smart TV that looks good and is packed with nifty features—but where’s the Bluetooth?

The Immortal Vidal

Kiran Nagarkar

Why Gore Vidal will remain at the centre of 20th century American literature and political thought

Nikon D3200

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

Compact and loaded, this is among the best entry-level DSLRs

If You Can’t Flush the Slush

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

A list of seven book titles that the author wants published

And Then There was One

Aastha Atray Banan

At last, there is someone to satisfy an Agatha Christie aficionado’s longing for old school whodunits—Japanese author Keigo Higashino

That Bird in the Bush

Rauf Ali

This compilation of the late M Krishnan’s Statesman column is a worthy companion for your evening tea on the balcony as you watch that little winged fellow hop around

Kuldip Nayar’s memoirs, really a personalised history of contemporary India, are a good read. But his apologies and retractions since its publication do justice neither to his book nor his reputation as a journalist