Books

In ‘The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece’, Hanks gives even minor characters grand introductions and wraps the proceedings with footnotes.

International Yoga Day 2023: Venture capitalist Rizwan Virk retells yogi Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography

Like Steve Jobs and George Harrison did, Rizwan Virk keeps revisiting Paramahansa Yogananda 'Autobiography'. Virk, whose new book 'Wisdom of a Yogi' is a retelling of 'Autobiography', believes that worldly duties can be part of one's Zen path to clarity.

Pride Month | Ruth Vanita: ‘It is a gift to be born in India, I’d like to be reborn in India’

The writer of same-sex love much before it became the talk of the town, Ruth Vanita speaks about her works and highlights the importance of the right for queer people to get married.

World Environment Day 2023 | This climate & nature investor’s book makes a case for regenerative, not extractive, economy

Oxford-educated investor Siddarth Shrikanth presents a business-oriented case for nature in his new book 'The Case for Nature: The Other Planetary Crisis'.

Pakistan’s Shahbaz Taseer’s memoir offers a glimpse into a painful personal ordeal & the factional mujahideen world

'Lost to the World', the first-person account of one of Pakistan’s most high-profile and dreadful kidnapping victims, the businessman son of assassinated Punjab (Pakistan) governor Salman Taseer, Shahbaz Taseer, who was tortured in captivity for over four years, is nothing short of a celluloid drama.

A Kerala story | ‘If it could be Thajudheen, it could also be you’: Author Shevlin Sebastian

In his new book, ‘The Stolen Necklace’, veteran journalist Shevlin Sebastian tells the real-life story of VK Thajudheen, wrongfully incarcerated for 54 days in 2018 for an alleged necklace theft, mistaken for a thief based on a CCTV image. He lost everything and is still fighting for justice.

British fantasy writer Samantha Shannon: ‘Novelists can be unintentional oracles’

Samantha Shannon, who recently released 'A Day of Fallen Night', the prequel to her 2019 work 'The Priory of the Orange Tree', speaks about the making of the novel, qualities she looks for in a fantasy novel, and the problem with the 'strong woman' trope.

Book review | A new translation shows the relevance of Odia legend Gopinath Mohanty's short stories today

Translated by Sudeshna Mohanty and Sudhansu Mohanty, the anthology 'Oblivion and Other Stories' is a reminder of the rich legacy of writing in Indian languages waiting to be translated.

Book review | ‘The Chippendales Murders’ or how not to get away with murder

K Scot Macdonald and Patrick MontesDeOca's 'The Chippendales Murders' is several leagues ahead of its screen adaptation by Robert Siegel and offers an unintended message on the ills of greed.

Mr Solicitor General, here are 5 books to read this Lesbian Visibility Week, to grasp queer matters

As the world follows the same-sex marriage proceedings at the Supreme Court, here is a list of recommended reading in the ongoing Lesbian Visibility Week (April 24-30): five recently published books that spotlight stories of queer women.

Book review | Boria Majumdar’s ‘Sachin@50’ is an effusive celebration of the maestro, not a critical biography

This book will also strike a chord with readers who are not cricket enthusiasts but are curious about why Sachin Tendulkar gets all the adulation that comes his way, not only for sports but also his conduct off the pitch.

Book review | 'Exprovement' lucidly lays out ways of radical, exponential improvement

The case studies in Hersh Haladker and Raghunath Mashelkar’s new book 'Exprovement: Exponential Improvement Through Converging Parallels', on radical, paradigm-shifting problem-solving, will be of interest to mid-career professionals.

Book review | 'Meow Meow': Mumbai’s drug queen gets a new life in Srinath Rao’s incredible account

Former crime journalist Srinath Rao’s non-fiction book 'Meow Meow: The Incredible True Story of Baby Patankar' stamps its class, narrative cohesion, and journalistic rigour early on.

Book review | Jeff Smoot’s ‘All and Nothing’ climbs into the thrilling and perilous world of free soloing

In 'All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing', veteran American climber Jeff Smoot tries to understand this form of climbing and what motivates folks from his community to embrace the risks associated with it.