A handful of school stories that take you back to those carefree days of childhood abound.
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In his book Pride Prejudice and Punditry, Shashi Tharoor writes about how the books he read as a child and the word puzzles he played helped him become the wordsmith he is today.
India’s post-colonian film industry and the film societies brought in a new culture of viewing and making movies. It didn’t come without its share of disagreements and conflicts.
Making people laugh and forget their cares is probably the most difficult craft. However, some of the terrific humour writers have done just that
Gender equality is still a distant dream in South Asia even today, writes Upinder Singh in ‘Ancient India’.
A tribute to the life and works of the master humorist, PG Wodehouse.
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne became a strong sociopolitical commentary on the notion of war and peace, writes Bhaskar Chattopadhyay in ‘The Cinema Of Satyajit Ray’.
Excerpts from Sonali Ved’s book Whose Samosa Is It Anyway?: The Story of Where ‘Indian’ Food Really Came From
GS Sachdeva’s book Sacred and Profane explores the unusual customs and rituals in the Indian subcontinent.
A candidly honest account of the life of Shivarama Karanth and wife Leela.