Sabin Iqbal is a senior journalist who has worked in India and the Middle East. He was editorial director of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, senior editor at Tehelka and senior assistant editor at Business India. He is now festival director and co-curator…
Book Name: Cliffhangers Author: Sabin Iqbal Publisher: Aleph Book Company Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: On New Year’s Eve, a tourist is raped in Kadaloor, a tranquil fishing village on the southern coast of the country. The chief suspects…
Desperateness does not always stink, in the worthy life, it lingers, hangs, shies, or slightly fades, but it does stay, like breathe itself. But today she shall sing, glories of the fading sun ‘cause when darkness, wraps the earth, stars…
A masterfully woven fable that explores struggle, loss, longing and love with brilliant insight and luminous prose. ABOUT THE BOOK It evoked a feeling in her—of silence and freedom, of riding a bicycle on a dirt track cutting through fields.…
ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 295, 240 PP) My Selfie with Integrity chronicles the life of a middle-class Calcutta boy, who suddenly finds himself at the helm of a public listed company by a twist in the tale. When predictably he is…
ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 595, 248PP) When Narasimha Rao became the prime minister in 1991, just a billion dollars separated India from bankruptcy. He was told by Finance Minister Manmohan Singh, that petrol pumps would run dry after two weeks.…
A groundbreaking book that introduces you to simple, wholesome, everyday foods. ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 295, 256PP) What if you could simply eat your way to a longer, healthier life? What if there was a prescription that could help you…
ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR495, 232PP) An inward-looking economy with a State-dominated development programme to a liberalized economy operating in a globalized world—India has indeed come a long way since Independence. In this volume, Bimal Jalan—long-standing witness to India’s trajectory…
Book Name: Delhi: A History Author: Manisha Choudhary Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction/history Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Delhi: A History is a historical portrait of a city whose past has reference in mythology and whose present is rooted in modernity. A…
We had managed to cheat it Through affluence and development Through barricades and gates And it has evolved, mutated, we say, To show us where We were stuck Where we suck. Death is a great equalizer. We are only well,…
Miracle at Happy Bazaar is the biggest and best book of children’s tales by Ruskin Bond yet published. Personally selected by the author, these fifty stories are the finest of the several hundred tales spun by India’s favourite children’s author in…
Your books stacked along the wall frame the photo of a guru without a name. His sober face reveals little. I wonder if he ever made a promise to you. I sprinkle rosewater on my hair and clothes— reminders of…