Category: Books
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JLF 2018: living with multi-ethnic identities
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Having multiple ethnic identities is never easy. It was never easy anyway – whether living in India or outside India. In a sense, India is complicated – a Muslim can be Gujarati-speaking in Gujarat or Malayali-speaking in a southern Indian state. However, second-generation Indian migrants face similar dilemma while living…
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Zee Jaipur Literature Festival opens
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One of the key events in India’s literary calendar, the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2018Â (#ZEEJLF) will open tomorrow and continue its legacy as a diverse and equitable platform for literary and artistic expression across languages, religions, countries, politics and genres. The ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival programme boasts of a…
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Learning a foreign language just a book away
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An Australian language teacher believes that anyone can learn another language. Andrew Weiler, a teacher of English as Second Language (ESL), Indonesian and Hungarian, is so confident that he has written a book – Language Learning Unlocked, to help people learn a foreign language. “I have been intrigued over the…
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Seminar to explore impact of printing on religion
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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 which untill then was the reserve of the learned.…
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NZ watchdog clears Penguin, Random merger
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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 of the two companies. Consumer books exclude…
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Book Review: March of The Aryans
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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 account of how, in…
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Book: Sex, Religion and Middle East
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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 Obsessionâ€, Dovber talks about sex and religion in a…
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Indian-origin author wins Pulitzer
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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 belong since 1937. A club…
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Canadian Indian shortlisted for Booker Prize
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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 from one of India’s oldest universities, the…
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Indian writers get a chance to be published in a book
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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 edited by Jack Canfield, has been publishing…
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Work abroad: Preparing for technical interviews
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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. Getting yourself in the right frame for a technical…
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American Masala – The Indian Way
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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 approach to one of…
