By John Cheeran Not many young geniuses fulfill their potential. Viswanathan Anand is a are champion who tasted success at a young age and went on to become world chess champion five times in an era when Russian players were still a dominant force. Anand become world junior champion in 1987. At that time I
By John Cheeran Nobody killed liberal Islam, because it wasn’t there in the first place. In a timely, provocative and well-argued book, Who Killed Liberal Islam (Published by Rupa, Rs 595), senior journalist Hasan Suroor reaffirms that Islam does not offer space for liberalism. Suroor says that a liberal Indian Muslim is, indeed, a rarity,
By John Cheeran Successful men do not seek advice, they give it. But tips alone won’t guarantee you success. Simon Taufel is a successful man who has won the ICC award for the best umpire five times. The Australian has written a book, rather a manual, on how to become good at the things you
By John Cheeran It is easy for a cricketer to hit a hundred than writing a book. Batting is an expression of his art in his own language while writing is explaining the world around him in another, if not alien, language. And when it comes to writing about his own life, that becomes all
By A Staff Writer You can write with a pencil, a stick or a pen, You can cross it all out and write it again. You can write about good or funny or bad, You can write when you’re happy or puzzled or sad. You can write in a bus or a train or a
By A Staff Writer Seema, married to a Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, voices her dissent during the Emergency, which leads (inevitably) to marital discord and, less predictably, to a new reckoning of her mother’s private history – mama’s feelings for MN Roy, a major leader of the Communist movement in British India
By A Staff Writer In House of Trump, House of Putin (Published by Penguin, ) Craig Unger, New York Times best-selling author, offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House. It is a chilling story that begins in
By A Staff Writer She’s tall, beautiful and one of Bollywood’s leading ladies. He’s goofy, l oves to wear outlandish clothes and is constantly in trouble with reporters. When Vicky Behl and Kritika Vadukut meet on the sets of the period drama Ranjha Ranjha, everyone agrees they have serious chemistry–and not just on screen. But after
By A Staff Writer Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan (Hardback | Rs 599, 304 pp) is the fascinating biography of the most powerful Mughal woman in history. When it came to hunting, she was a master shot. As a dress designer, few could match. An ingenious architect, she innovated the use of marble
By A Staff Writer How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Published by Penguin Random House, Pages 370, Price Rs
