Title: Foreign Author: Sonora Jha Pages: 304 Publisher: Vintage Books Sonora Jha’s debut novel, a gripping narrative on farmer suicides in Maharashtra, weaves a fascinating tale of love, hope and redemption. When Katya Misra’s teenaged son Kabir goes to India in search of the father he’s never met, she is forced to follow him and try to win him back [...]
Australian author Ken Spillman finds an enthusiastic fan base among his young Indian readers.
Madhumita Gopalan’s photographs of Hyderabad recreate the mystique and charm of a grand bygone era, and hope to inspire Hyderabadis to appreciate and preserve their rich cultural heritage.
Listed on national television as the youngest of India’s top 10 fashion photographers, Vishesh Verma is the go-to guy for fashion photography. Award-winning photographer Vishesh Verma has an enviable portfolio of work in advertising, editorial and fashion that has, over a relatively short span of time, evolved exponentially. What’s more, he’s the Bollywood fraternity’s blue-eyed boy for [...]
Sweta Srivastava Vikram’s hard- hitting poems on women’s issues, and her skill at addressing them in a succinct language are at once enlightening and thought-provoking. Title: No Ocean Here: Stories in Verse about Women from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Author: Sweta Srivastava Vikram Pages: 66 Publisher: Modern History Press No Ocean Here is a collection [...]
Fatcat Kids, a range of nightwear for little tykes by Zainab Sulaiman makes bedtime that much more fun. Launched in February this year, Fatcat Kids offers ‘jammies for your little jam pots’. Think bright and happy striped PJs and rainbow-checked tops. And just for the fun of it, Fatcat Kids also offers PJs for ‘jam [...]
Unsung, a book of photoessays published in 2007, tells the stories of nine amazing people from across India. The evocative black-and-white pictures by photographer Mahesh Bhat are his tribute to ordinary Indian citizens who’ve dedicated themselves to improving the lives of people around them. Their stories are truly inspirational and teach us how we can beat all odds if we harness and channel our inner resources.
Mudumalai, on the border of Karnataka and Kerala makes for a short and sweet getaway to beat the scorching Hyderabad heat.
Vinod Lal Heera Eshwar’s interactive books make reading and eco conservation child’s play. Vinod’s first book Let’s Plant Trees came with a simple message as evident in its title. But lest the idea slipped children’s limited attention span, he presented them with real seeds (of the Pongamia tree) incorporated in the book, goading them into action. His [...]
Little Red Tote, a new go-to site offers backstage access and an insiders guide into the glamorous world of beauty, fashion, celebrities and health.
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Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Just a few days ago, when Mumbai Indians played the Sunrisers in Mumbai, I found myself standing on Marine Drive, outside ‘D’ road, along with my brother, waiting for our sons to amble out after the match (which to the pride of this city’s dwellers, MI won). It took several moments for the [...]
No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg
There is a ridiculous debate going on after the reports on spot-fixing emerged: should IPL be scrapped? Even if IPL were the first sporting event to be tainted by spot-fixing, it would be senseless to even suggest that it be scrapped. Since that is not the case, talking of scrapping is, pardon the coarse expression, [...]
This must be the greatest moment of crisis that Barack Obama has faced till now in his entire time at the White House. There’s the tax agency scandal, 100 emails regarding the Benghazi attacks have been released and also the scandal of the justice department hacking the phones of reports of the nation’s biggest news [...]
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