INDIAreads Quick Contest 2
After the overwhelming response to quick contest 1 and the box full of complaints about how unjust it is to have a contest only for a certain age group, we bring you Quick Contest 2. Age no bar. Yes,...
View ArticleNew Releases and Upcoming Titles: Get discounts upto 35% at INDIAreads
New releases 1. Non Stop India – Mark Tully: Jugaar may loosely be translated as ‘muddling through’, or making do. This quintessentially Indian ability has seen India through numerous crises which...
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Ho Ho Ho. Innuendo: Christmas Series I
Christmas. Holiday season, and a time to relax. A time to laugh, think, celebrate, and shake one’s tailfeather; a time to throw caution (and the staid tenor of this blog) to the wind. Therefore,...
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Different Cultures, Different Celebrations: Christmas Series II
Different Cultures, Different Celebrations; 1. “Hot cockles” was a popular game at Christmas in medieval times (see image). It was a game in which players took turns striking a blindfolded player, who...
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens – The Man who took on Nietzsche
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. -...
View ArticleJaipur Literature Festival – The Funny Side Part 2 @INDIAreads Online Library...
At the 2010 Lit Fest; 1. Catherine Clement, French intellectual and author of ‘Edwina and Nehru: A Novel’ and Nayantara Sahgal, Jawaharlal Nehru’s niece discussed the roaring affair between Jinnah and...
View ArticleJaipur Literature Festival 2012: An Overview @ INDIAreads Online Library cum...
I say again, lest my last post failed to register with the ‘deaf futtbucker’ demographic hiding amongst you: The Jaipur Literature Festival 2012 is about to get underway. There are Lit Fests and there...
View ArticleThe Yellow Emperor’s Cure – By Dr Kunal Basu @ INDIAreads Online Library cum...
Novelistic ambition is a tricky thing; it can be too slight, too grandiose or, worst of all, failed. Dr Kunal Basu has none of these problems in his riveting new novel. The Yellow Emperor’s Cure is the...
View ArticleCharles Dickens’ 200th Birthday @ INDIAreads Online Library cum Bookstore
How would one explain the Kindle to Charlie Dickens…? No wait; that’s a separate blogpost. Let’s get to know Charlie a little better first. Charles Dickens: The name conjures up visions of plum pudding...
View ArticleWorld Book Fair – Literature meets Cinema @ INDIAreads Online Library cum...
The World Book Fair at New Delhi is about to begin, and INDIAreads will be there. Do visit the INDIAreads stalls – we can’t wait to have you paw our brand new merchandise even as you struggle to manage...
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