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Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Olympic Collection

arindam

Here is the latest Seamaster, a watch that was first launched during the 1948 London Olympics

Epson WorkForce DS-30

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

If you need a small scanner for the road, or to save space, try this

Reading the Reader

Sumana Roy

On Tagore is as much about reading Rabindranath as it is about Amit Chaudhuri reading himself as a reader

The Long and Short of a Story

Sohini Chattopadhyay

A novel is like building a house and a short story like furnishing a room, declares Anjum Hasan, who now has both under her belt

Mama Em’s Cope Book

Kalpish Ratna

In literature focused on insanity, the gaze seems to have shifted from the insane. The patient is no longer the victim; that status now belongs to the caregiver

Nikon Coolpix 510

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

A fully loaded point-and-shoot that might try your patience

The Constant Writer

Vaibhav Vats

Ramachandra Guha on the thrills of research, the insecurity of academics and their love of jargon, and why he doesn’t take holidays

Global Capital Rules, Okay?

Aresh Shirali

Not quite. Which explains both the strength and weakness of this ‘economic travelogue’ that tries to spot tomorrow’s winners

B&O Play Beolit 12

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

It’s pure music. This boom box plays audio without CD trays or wires and can be controlled without any buttons

Between Pre-modern and Modern Times

Basharat Peer

The adventures of Musharraf Ali Farooqi, who quit his job as a journalist in Pakistan to work in a packaging factory in Toronto and then at a fast-food joint, and translated and wrote books late into the night