Lounge

New MacBook Pro

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

You can now finally buy a MacBook with an SD card or PC Express slot. For the first time, Apple notebooks can have a maximum of 8GB RAM

The Facebook Bait

Sohini Chattopadhyay

The biggest of ideas can emerge from the smallest of desires. In the case of Facebook, it was about a geek who wanted to be popular with the girls.

Wireless Walkman

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

The earphones and player are not wirelessly connected, they’re built into the head band. It’s more expensive than other Mp3 players, but hey, it’s a Sony

The ‘If Only’ History of India

Hartosh Singh Bal

Jaswant Singh cites Gokhale to sell Jinnah as ‘an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’. So, Hitler was a painter, right?

Subcontinental Drift

Rahul Jayaram

Is your dominant image of Bangladesh floods and immigrants? Well, here’s another one from Shazia Omar’s debut novel: youth and drugs

Grunge in Bangladesh

Arindam Mukherjee

This debut novel gives you a kick. A quick one

Atom-based Vaio

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

If you always wanted a Vaio, but did not want to take a loan to buy it, check this out.

Iron Lady of Manipur

Shivam Vij

Irom Sharmila believes a book has power. She’s right, the story of her life does carry the power to torment our conscience.

Che and the Art of Revolution

Rahul Pandita

Behind the burning eyes of Che Guevara on a million T-shirts is a fearless, determined man who once killed a horse to eat it. This is him, in his own words