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...
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
The book is a passionate tribute to Kashmir and its people
It is a compilation of stories gathered from across India over a four-year period
The book acquaints the reader with 51 forms of the goddess
The book examines the Constitution’s approach to power; more specifically, to the exercise of power in India’s federal structure of governance
Ghee Bowman’s ‘The Great Epinal Escape’ tells an untold story from World War-II
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
‘I Am on the Hit List’ by Rollo Romig is a detailed investigative analysis of the mystery surrounding the brutal assassination of journalist Gauri Lankesh
In ‘Epidemic Narratives’, Dilip Das leaves us with a realisation that epidemics, like myths, never truly die. They linger in our collective memory
Parallel narration of two stories separated by aeons but similar in progression, ‘Ajita’, by K Sridhar, is a complex yet delightful mix of politics, philosophy, history and ideas. Ajita, a 5th century philosopher, and Moksh Malhar, a modern-day professor, run...
Jagtar Singh’s ‘Sikh Struggle Documents: 1920-2022’ is instructive and necessary
Pankaj Mishra exposes how the killing of six lakh Jews by Hitler turned into an industry and then a matter of faith
‘Tiger! Tiger!’, ‘The Legend of Man-Eater’ and ‘Prince of Cats’ were written 45 years ago
The novel isn’t an easy read and can be unsettling like the jerks and whistles of a moving train
The book is for MostlySane’s 17 million followers on social media
The present volume, edited by Atamjit and Harbhajan Singh Bhatia, introduces to readers of English selected texts of Punjabi literature
This is a massive work, and one that will encourage readers to read more Indian fiction, more translations
This translation of Shrimad Rajchandraji’s ‘Shri Atma Siddhi Shastra’ maintains the depth and clarity of the original work
A fresh evaluation of the noted playwright on his birth centenary
The author traces the history of the practice that dates back millenniums and the complex science behind the jaw-dropping biological changes that occur inside the body when we fast
The author manages to avoid many of the tropes murder mysteries employ
The book comprises reflections of 31 people from diverse fields
‘Celebration And Prayer: Life and Light in Raza’s Art’ has been written by Ashok Vajpeyi, the artist’s friend
In ‘Everyday Reading’, author Aakriti Mandhwani examines the reading habits of a newly-Independent India and tries to piece together the concerns of the North Indian Hindi-reading middle classes
This is an unusual book — 37 poemlets or little verses, which could then even be broken into smaller verses, becoming more poemlets