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‘I make these decisions for me’

During the peak of lockdown, unlike many of her contemporaries, she refused to jump the digital concert bandwagon. For singer Sonam Kalra, it was important that the years she put into her

November 13, 2020

Arts & Culture·LITE BLOGS·Music

Sood Recounts Experience Through ‘I Am No Messiah’

Actor Sonu Sood, who had earlier announced that he was writing a book recounting his experience of helping migrant workers during the Covid lockdown, has now revealed its title. Titled “I Am

November 11, 2020

Bollywood·Books·LITE BLOGS

PRINCESTAN: How Nehru, Patel And Mountbatten Made India

Winston Churchill’s diabolical plan for the vivisection of India into Hindustan, Pakistan, and Princestan roped in defiant princes like Nawab Hamidullah Khan of Bhopal who, as Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes,

November 11, 2020

Books·LITE BLOGS

Naoroji: A Chronicle Of The Pillar Of Indian Nationalism

Mahatma Gandhi called Dadabhai Naoroji the “father of the nation,” a title that today is reserved for Gandhi himself. Naoroji by Dinyar Patel examines the extraordinary life of this foundational figure in India’s modern

November 11, 2020

Arts & Culture·Books·LITE BLOGS

“Meesha” Into Moustache” Grabs More Recognition

Hindu fundamentalists had panned his book on the dual discrimination that Dalit women face in Kerala’s Kuttanad region and the interplay of caste and politics when it was first published in Malayalam

November 11, 2020

Arts & Culture·Books·INTERVIEW

Rowling To Fire Young Readers’ Imagination

J.K. Rowling, the creator of the phenomenal “Harry Potter” series has made history of sorts in the literary world by not only presenting a wondrous and absolutely believable fairytale with her latest

November 10, 2020

Arts & Culture·Books·LITE BLOGS

Methodical Reading Of The Sense Of Belonging

India is a rare example of the successful management of diversity in the developing world but the events of the past few years make it necessary to “reaffirm the patriotic idea of

November 9, 2020

Books·LITE BLOGS

“Moustache” Bags 25 Lakh JCB Prize For Literature

“Moustache” by S. Hareesh, translated from the Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil, was on Saturday named the winner of the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature, India’s richest literary award, for the “agile

November 9, 2020

Arts & Culture·Books·LITE BLOGS

‘Stephen Hawking’: Heart-warming saga of a real-life hero

Stephen Hawking was just 21 when he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative disease of the motor neurons that almost always causes death within two to five years after

November 9, 2020

Books·LITE BLOGS·Science

Unveiling The Paradise

A selection of photographs taken over a period of twenty years in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, is currently on exhibition online. The show of photographs taken by Kishore Thukral runs till November

November 9, 2020

Arts & Culture·LITE BLOGS·Travel & Tourism

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