reading

Mind Games

Shylashri Shankar

A country house murder, the dreaded secret service in East Berlin, and a policeman in future Italy—mysteries stretch boundaries

The Write Education

S Prasannarajan

A liberal education helps you write a good sentence, form a narrative out of whirling thoughts

The Perils of ChickLit

arindam

Psychological hazards may lurk between the covers of such books

The New Reading

Vivek Narayanan

…and the persistence of the printed page amid new media writing, the writing beyond the page, and the ubiquitous Screen

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Readers

Kavitha Rao

It seems no one wants to curl up with an Agatha Christie or dig into a Harper Lee anymore. People now read self-help books

Happy Birthday, Uncle Pai

Manju Sara Rajan

Anant Pai, the adoptive ‘Uncle’ of generations of Indian children, has turned 80. Pity we can’t find an adequate gift for the man who gave us so much joy?

Rhyme and Treason

Vivek Narayanan

In these times when success is determined by numbers, poetry is a marginal mode of communication. Perhaps what the poet should look for is the intensity of his readership, not its size