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Thursday, July 17, 2025
TopicSpeaking Tiger Books

Topic: Speaking Tiger Books

Delhi is a city that never ends. New book ‘Basti & Durbar’ captures its duality

‘We are used to Khushwant Singh type of stories. I wanted to collect first person accounts of those who lived their daily lives in Delhi’, said Rakhshanda Jalil at the launch of Basti & Durbar, an anthology of 32 stories she has edited.

How Hind Pocket Books brought a ‘paperback revolution’ in Hindi publishing

In 'Everyday Reading', Akriti Mandhwani analyses the popularity of Hindi middlebrow literature among the North Indian middle-class.

There’s good & bad nationalism. One cherishes power, the other the nation

In ‘The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal’, Gurcharan Das recounts his own personal and intellectual journey to elucidate the struggles of being liberal in India.

Swami Vivekananda first saw Ramakrishna Paramhansa as a ‘brain sick baby’. He hated it

Swami Vivekananda had a firm conviction that salvation did not depend on the grace of God—because ‘freedom always is,’ writes Rajni Bakshi in her book, Vivekananda and Our Times.

Delhi’s best-kept secret. A walk through 14th century mosque that looks like a fort

In '14 Historic Walks of Delhi', historian Swapna Liddle takes us to iconic monuments and neighbourhoods in the capital – Chandni Chowk to Mehrauli.

New book uses Nirbhaya case to explain child rights—launch event turns into a morality slugfest

Co-author Enakshi Ganguly and other panellists appeared to have lost all control over their audience, which seemed adamant about escalating the situation to a shouting match.

Helen’s glorious, glamorous vamp career had a recurring theme—death

In 'Helen: The Making of a Bollywood H-Bomb', Jerry Pinto analyses the remarkable life and career of Hindi cinema's dancing antagonist.

On Camera

CJI’s involvement in selection of CBI director is a safeguard, not a subversion

When the Vice President raises concern over the Chief Justice of India’s role in appointing the CBI Director, he touches not on privilege, but on architecture.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.