‘You cannot open a book without learning something’ Confucius said. I experience it whenever I read a book. I kept a record of the books…
Yeva Skalietska writes in her diary, “I can’t stand the word ‘refugee.’ I never could. When Granny began referring to us as refugees, I immediately…
“I am reading this book” I kept it aside for Lulu, my parrot, to flip through. Lulu is a voracious reader; this invitation to see…
The life of the genius, Guru Dutt, is shrouded in mystery. Bimal Mitra helps us understand him in his book Bichade Sabhi Bari Bari
‘Diamonds Are Forever, So Are Morals’ is the autobiography of Mr. Govind (fondly called Govindkaka) Dholakia written by Arun Tiwari and Kamlesh Yagnik. I received…
An excellent book I received recently; it is all about birds through the eyes of tribal boys. It is a small book. And I have…
The life of a person committed to the social cause is difficult; such a person keeps swimming against the tide. Much beyond our imagination. When…
Why do people read memoirs? More precisely, why do I read memoirs? That is the question I have asked myself often, and recently too when…
There are good books and there are good books which disturb you – ‘The Girl Who Escaped ISIS’ falls in the latter category. It is…
The statistics is shocking. I quote: ‘The major complications that account for nearly two-thirds of all maternal deaths (in India) are severe bleeding (mostly bleeding…