With the concluding book of his Shiva Trilogy, "The Oath Of The Vayuputras" now flying off bookshelves, banker turned author Amish Tripathi has managed to clinch a landmark deal of Rs 5 crore with Westland Books as advance towards his next series, even though he still hasn't decided what it will be all about. ...
06:30 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Bestselling author Amish Tripathi has just signed a whopping Rs 5 crore deal for his next series. This comes as his final book of the Shiva trilogy releases. ...
09:30 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Amit Chaudhuri, an author, has taken it upon himself to preserve the rich cultural heritage of the 'city of joy' Kolkata. The city of joy and teeming millions has been Amit Chaudhuri's muse for his three novels. His love for the city and its neighbourhoods has made him fight for a new heritage law to preserve its history. ...
01:39 PM, Mar 02, 2013
I do not read popular fiction or any book that is categorized as chick-lit. I am wary of them, because there are dime a dozen of them, sprouting like crazy in the country. I try not to read them or take any requests for reviewing them. However, this time round I decided to read something that was written in a lighter vein and picked up, "Those Thakur Girls" by Anuja...
05:25 PM, Mar 01, 2013
There are some books you never thought you would read and when you do, you are only too glad that you did. There have been plenty of such books in my life. They make an appearance when not known to me at all, I may start reading a while later, however when I do, I wonder why I did not earlier. They leave an impression so vivid that I know...
04:35 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Google has now added books to its Google Play store, for usersin India. Books on Google Play include thousands of Indian titles, from new releases to classics. ...
05:27 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Students in Goa can now get a tablet PC or a notebook for just Rs 25. The digital largesse is a part of the Goa government education department's initiative to familiarise Class V and VII students with computers in order to "prepare them for the life ahead and get them curious about the e-systems", according to additional director education Anil Powar. ...
03:50 PM, Feb 26, 2013
A tragedy of Greek proportions, this is the story of an Indian icon at the centre of the biggest insider trading case in the history of the United States of America. On 24 October 2012, Rajat Gupta, former head of the worlds most respected management consultancy firm, McKinsey & Co., was sentenced to two years in prison by a New York court for securities fraud and insider trading. Why did...
06:18 PM, Feb 25, 2013
The prices of the Chromebook Pixel, which Google is building without a partner, start at $1,299. ...
06:43 AM, Feb 22, 2013
In the late sixties, Sergeant Samar, a minor employee of the air force, his wife Basanti and their four sons move from small-town Barrackpore to Bombay. The four boys grow up in the rapidly changing, cosmopolitan city that is just beginning to recognize its aspirations. Kalu, the third son, dreams of being an artist. But dreams are easily obscured by circumstances. Kalus parents drift apart under the pressure of mutual...
05:29 PM, Feb 21, 2013
It has a hidden slide-out physical keyboard. A simple press of the auto-sliding button reveals the keyboard which emerges from behind the screen for instant touch typing action. ...
05:46 PM, Feb 19, 2013
The book is divided into six parts and each part is unique and wonderfully researched. ...
03:49 PM, Feb 19, 2013
As part of its centennial celebrations, Harvard University Press intends to make its titles accessible within the Indian market and publish some of the best ideas and scholarship active in the country. "Our specific mission is to publish and disseminate the very best ideas and scholarship from all over the world to the world's readers. We intend to make HUP titles accessible within the Indian market, and to publish some...
02:35 PM, Feb 19, 2013
There are times the book seems to be more of a personal memoir and less of a book on Russian literature. ...
02:11 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doron's book analyses how mobile phones have revolutionised business, politics and ordinary life in India. ...
07:38 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Read 'The Missing Queen' to experience a different kind of tale and storytelling when it comes to mythology. ...
06:59 PM, Feb 12, 2013
On a long-haul international flight writer Piya Choudhury tells the one story she hasn't yet told - her own. Loved and indulged by her mother and grandparents, but haunted by the mysterious absence of her father, Piya grows up in Kolkata, a gifted and impetuous child who pursues her studies with the same passion as she does her first few adolescent crushes, until a savage encounter leaves her repulsed. She...
02:30 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Older people may find e-books much faster and easier to read than their paper editions, a new study has claimed. ...
05:01 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Here's some great news for upcoming writers in India, Penguin Books India has announced the introduction of its new venture Partridge, a new self-publishing imprint launched in partnership with Author Solutions, Inc. Partridge will provide new opportunities for Indian authors to get published and discovered, both in India and around the world. ...
10:09 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Dell has announced a new addition to the line of Inspiron series - the Inspiron 15z ultrabook. ...
05:54 PM, Feb 07, 2013
