‘Books’ Archives
Seminar to explore impact of printing on religion
As the internet has changed the way religion is interpreted in recent times, another technology had a similar impact on religion in the 19th century – printing press. The press made religious literature easily accessible, and opened gateways to religious knowledge [Read More]
NZ watchdog clears Penguin, Random merger
The merger of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (owner of Random House) and Pearson PLC (owner of Penguin) to form Penguin Random House has been cleared by New Zealand’s Commerce Commission. The jointly owned entity will take over the consumer book publishing businesses [Read More]
Book Review: March of The Aryans
In his latest book – March of the Aryans – published by Penguin Books India, Bhagwan S. Gidwani takes us, again, back to the dawn of civilization (8000 BCE) to recreate the fascinating story of the Birth and Beginnings of Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma), with a thrilling [Read More]
Book: Sex, Religion and Middle East
Investing the energy that humans use for sex into different areas of life will make individuals lead a richer life, says Dovber Halevi, the author of a new book on the Middle East. In “Sex, Religion, and the Middle East: Exploiting Our Obsession”, Dovber talks about [Read More]
Indian-origin author wins Pulitzer
What’s common between Shah Rukh Khan and Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee? Dr Mukherjee acted in a school play where one of his co-actors was the King of Bollywood. But Dr Mukherjee has better introduction. He has joined the exclusive club to which only three other Indians [Read More]
Canadian Indian shortlisted for Booker Prize
Rohinton Mistry is no stranger to success. He is the only author whose all books have been nominated for this year’s Man Booker International Prize worth close to $100,000. The 59-year old Canadian Indian author was raised in India’s Mumbai where he graduated [Read More]
Indian writers get a chance to be published in a book
Indian writers have an opportunity to get published in the world famous Chicken Soup For the Soul series. This is possible with a collaboration of the Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul series with Indian blogging website, BlogAdda.com. The popular series, conceived and [Read More]
Work abroad: Preparing for technical interviews
While most technical interviews are largely focused on assessing your knowledge and skills on a specific technology or subject matter, the preparation for such interviews can be time consuming. Indians keen to work abroad have to often face such technical interviews. [Read More]
American Masala – The Indian Way
If you are looking for a colourful recipe book for cooking that hot Indian dinner for your friends, grab a copy of American Masala. Suvir Saran has done wonders with his second book – American Masala. His first book, Indian Home Cooking, offered an easy Do-It-Yourself [Read More]
