The book explores the freedom conferred by McJobs in a developing economy and the birth of India’s English-speaking working class.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, March 11, 2012 8:00 IST
Vrinda Nabar weaves history, politics, literature, culture, and feminism into a personal account of family life, turning it into a larger study of Indian womanhood in the last century, writes Malini Sood.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:15 IST
Any Indian who has heard of Anna Hazare will nod in recognition of the goings-on in The Book Of Answers
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, December 4, 2011 8:24 IST
In his award-winning debut novel, Canada-based author Jaspreet Singh writes in simple, spare, but evocative language about the turmoil in war-torn Kashmir as seen through the eyes of Kirpal Singh, known as Kip, a former military chef.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, November 28, 2010 0:29 IST
Independent historian Jad Adams’ critical and irreverent biography of the great man explores his various experiments with celibacy, chastity,
brahmacharya and sexuality.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, July 4, 2010 0:26 IST
In this tongue-in-cheek ode to India, twenty writers dissect the Indian mindset and psyche, seeking to identify and unravel the one trait or cultural value that is quintessentially Indian.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:03 IST
Trickster City, a remarkable collection of sketches, vignettes, short stories, and testimonies, evokes an urban landscape not familiar to most “people like us” urbanites.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, April 4, 2010 1:22 IST
In 2005, Anita Jain, an Indian American, Harvard-educated journalist, then 32 years old, arrived in India in search of a husband, giving herself a one-year deadline.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, September 21, 2008 3:39 IST
Ashoka, the third Mauryan emperor (born in 304 BC), has been hailed by the likes of HG Wells and Arnold Toynbee as an extraordinary world ruler.
Section: Lifestyle | Saturday, September 6, 2008 21:59 IST
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