More than 50 bookstores lined Urdu Bazaar in the 1970s, but just 5 are left, all struggling to survive. It’s the last throes of an era of Urdu printing, publishing, and poetry.
Books by self-help authors like Ankur Warikoo, Robin Sharma, and Jay Shetty promote toxic positivity, hustle culture, and phony motivation, depending on their angle. It’s just a brief mental high.
The story of the Manipur conflict is being captured in a sudden flood of new literature. At least eight books have been released between July 2023 and June 2024.
Govt's higher education dept says cells to teach students Indian knowledge systems will be set up & its list of 88 books will include anti-English texts like 'Swabhasha Lao-Angrezi Hatao'.
Non-fiction as a category often appears as a window into realities of our world. VoW Book Awards shortlist offers glimpse into contrasting styles of English, Hindi contemporary non-fiction.
Instagram book content creators read at inhumane speeds to keep up with the algorithm. This isn’t a sustainable practice–economically, environmentally or intellectually.
The ratings are a combined metric of Readability, comprehensibility, urgency of the issues touched, ground-level research, erudition and perspicacity of the author.
The market is flooded with books on every imaginable wrinkle of the Modi era. And they are not just written by journalists & scholars. A new breed of writers is emerging – CEOs, tech gurus, RSS followers and self-published experts.
Nestled in heart of Khan Market, Bahrisons, founded by Balraj Bahri in 1953, is a landmark with loyal clientele, says proprietor Anuj Bahri. It now has branches in Chandigarh, Kolkata.
In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
Good riddance!
Urdu has turned into the language of Islamic radicalism in the Indian subcontinent. Jihadi literature and all kinds of radical and violent ideologies emanating out of various Islamic schools are disseminated amongst the masses through Urdu.
Good riddance!
Urdu has turned into the language of Islamic radicalism in the Indian subcontinent. Jihadi literature and all kinds of radical and violent ideologies emanating out of various Islamic schools are disseminated amongst the masses through Urdu.