When Namita is ten, her mother takes her to Dhondutai, a respected music teacher from the great Jaipur Gharana. Dhondutai’s antecedents are rich- she is the only remaining student of the legendary Alladiya Khan, the founder of the gharana and of its most famous singer, the tempestuous Kesarbai Kerkar. Namita begins to learn singing from…
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Get to Know the Author of Requiem in Raga Janki
An Indian English fiction writer and academic, Neelum Saran Gour is the author of Grey Pigeon And Other Stories,, Winter Companions And Other Stories, Virtual Realities, Sikandar Chowk Park and Song Without End And Other Stories. Her work has appeared in several anthologies and journals and she has been an active book reviewer for the…
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The Art of Deceiving – the Life of The Perfect Imposter
Is Raju the perfect imposter? R.K.Narayan’s The Guide follows Raju, a corrupt tourist guide who, together with his lover, the dancer Rosie, leads a prosperous life before he is thrown into prison. After release he rests on the steps of an abandoned temple when a peasant passing by mistakes him for a holy man. Slowly,…
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Know Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya
The author of When Coal Turned Gold ParthaSarathi Bhattacharyya was a former Chairman and Managing Director of CIL (Coal India Limited). In his book, he tells the story of how the CIL joined the elite club of Maharatna PSUs after a resoundingly successful IPO. Along with this, he remembers the time when he dealt with…
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Ten Simple Rules for Dating a Bollywood Goddess
When charming, goofy Vicky Behl, everybody’s favourite scandalous leading man, and Kritika Vadukut gorgeous model/badminton player turned successful actress, meet on the sets of Ranjha Ranjha they find it hard not to give in to their attraction to each other amidst all the romantic numbers and their undeniable onscreen and off-screen chemistry. But will the…
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How Addicted are you to your Smartphone?
Take this quiz to find out! Your Happiness Was Hacked turns observation into a handy guide to adapting to our new reality of omnipresent technology.
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Six Untold Stories that Give Us a Glimpse into Ruskin Bond’s Life
There is no doubt that Ruskin Bond is one of India’s most beloved writers. At least three generations have grown up reveling in the exquisite simplicity of his writing and aspiring to the carefree childhood among the hills, to the tales that he weaves with all the soft, natural magic of the mountains themselves. All…
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Premchand on Screen: Movies Based on His Books
Munshi Premchand, widely lauded as the greatest Hindi fiction writer of the twentieth century, wrote close to 300 short stories over the course of a prolific career spanning three decades. His range and diversity were limitless as he tackled themes of romance and satire, gender politics and social inequality, with unmatched skill and compassion. Premchand…
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Not Just Grades- An Excerpt
In the race to admit more and more children in privately run, English-medium schools and orient them to a world of cut-throat competition and grades-based performance, the quality of education is suffering. Not Just Grades by Professor Rajeev Sharma, is about schools that have proved that it is possible to yield positive personal development together…
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DIY step-by-step Guide to Glowing Skin
With recipes of home-made face masks and knowledge of basic garden-variety fruits and vegetables for glowing skin and a healthy body, Vasudha Rai’s Glow has a plethora of ways in which you can attain a radiant life the natural way! While make-up can help in hiding your blemishes, the combinations from this book will give…
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