What’s on the shelves this week
Book Reviews
The books offers a captivating journey into the world of avian courtship
The translator has tried to imbibe the spirit of the times that the poet wrote in
The festschrift celebrates the outstanding contributions of Prof GJV Prasad to the field of English literary studies
The book shares amusing and light-hearted nuggets of diplomatic life penned by 14 spouses of IFS officers
It marks the first time a Kannada title has made it this far in the race for the coveted GBP 50,000 literary prize – divided between author and translator
Students from nine Indian universities chose the winner of the Choice of India edition of the Goncourt Prize
No one before or after the former Chief Election Commissioner Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan has been able to reform the ECI as effectively as he did
When a young girl falls to death from the terrace of a plush mansion, the cops see it as an open-and-shut case of accident or suicide. But Inspector Kumar, parent to a dead daughter himself, is convinced that all is...
In 2010, Girish Mathrubootham left a cushy, well-paying job and founded Freshworks (then Freshdesk) to create a better way to service customers. What began as a single product is now a company that operates in 13 global locations to deliver...
The Johnson & Johnson Files by Kaunain Sheriff M. Juggernaut. Pages 388. Rs 599 When Johnson & Johnson’s faulty ASR hip implants were recalled in 2010, the US victims won a historic $2.5 billion settlement. In India, the patients weren’t...
This is a book about ‘the guy who signed Michael Jordan at Nike’. And this is the line that most hosts who have interviewed Sonny Vaccaro have used to introduce the legendary sports executive to the audience. Now, as he...
The book ‘Mathura: A Tapestry of Art and Devotion’ gives a whirlwind tour of the various aspects of the land of his birth and growing up
Her first novel in a decade, ‘Dream Count’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the story of four women and their loves, longings and desires. There is Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer living in America; her best friend Zikora, a successful...
L Subramaniam and Viji Subramaniam’s revised ‘Classical Music of India: A Practical Guide’ offers a deeper understanding of the North and South Indian forms