It is said that Urdu poetry would be incomplete without two of its biggest pillars, Mir and Mirza Ghalib. Mirza Ghalib was a maverick character and has become immortal among the lovers of Urdu poetry. His status is legendary and…
Book Name: The Microphone Men Author: Priyadarshi Dutta Publisher: Indus Source Books Genre: History Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: A gripping accounts of how a few good men, without any inherited authority of military clout, laboured to shape the political destiny…
Book Name: The Shiva Sutras Author: Ranjit Chaudhri Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Spirituality Rating: 3.7/5 Book Blurb: As the legend has it, Lord Shiva appeared to Sage Vasugupta in a dream and instructed him to go to a particular stone near…
Book Name: Bathinda to Bangkok Author: Vibha Batra Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Fiction Rating: 4/5 Book Blurb: Mahi’s back in the pavilion, but, ji, her dreams got mixed with mud. Hopes got crushum-crushed. Heart became pieces-pieces. As if life isn’t tatti enough, one after another new-new siyapas are…
Edward Snowden Tells His Story for the First Time in ‘Permanent Record,’ A Memoir that Reveals His Journey from Spy to Exile to Conscience of the Internet In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the…
Book Name: Innocence Lives in an Eyrie Author: Vaibhav Saini Publisher: Editorial Trance Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: “There’s a teenager outside the studio with a gun to his head. He is threatening to shoot himself unless you interview…
Wonder House Books launches Namaha Stories From the Land of Gods and Goddesses by Abhishek Singh At 1AQ – 1-A Qutub Minar Roundabout, Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110030 The Book was launched at 6:00 p.m., Friday, 30th August, 1AQ Art…
3. sometimes a sudden rush of cold wind inside your auto, on a hot summer’s day in delhi is enough to escape rhyme. auto rickshaws in mawlai, covered in black leather robes, eyes hallucinating, smoke, umbrellas dripping mud, shivering rain…
Oscar Wilde was one of the greatest wits to grace our planet. He has (unlike other writers) remained relevant in every age and is well known for his quotes and epigrams that highlight his wit. He lived and embraced life…
Book Name: How To Fight Author: Thich Nhat Hanh Publisher: Aleph Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth.’ —His Holiness the Dalai Lama Thich Nhat Hanh…
Saffron stands for…? The yearly ritual begins— Courage. Strength. Sacrifice. The class roars. Thirty little born-frees waiting for a nod – a cue from her vacant weary eyes. Three sixty five days of seventy three years on her mind. She…