Intrepid Americans in India
"I thought it would be interesting to write about early Americans in India because, at that time, there were no border controls, no surveillance, no w...
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In this podcast, National Books Editor Manjula Narayan tells you about books, authors and their journeys. This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT Smartcast
Delhi underbelly
"The system of policing in India has so many constraints that unless the person has a special kind of inner motivation to pursue something, it's going...
Barking up the right tree
"I've shot almost 10,000 pictures of dogs across the world over the last four years. But the pictures in this book were all shot on the beaches of Goa...
Delhi; tales of a city with multiple pasts
There are stories in every nook and cranny of Delhi and rightly so because this is the 11th or 12th city built one on top of the other; sometimes cann...
A sampling of some of the best Indian short fiction
The span of the book is so wide that we had to leave out some great people. The book gives you a sampling of some of the best writing. My favourite is...
The incredible story of the most successful escape of WW2
"When you look at history across the world and across centuries, there are some things that are well remembered and there are many things that are for...
Exploring the multiple layers of truth
In terms of photography, this is not a book about Banaras or the Himalayas or very specific things; a name-place-animal-thing kind of book. In terms o...
The power of absence to shape the world
"You find fasting in every culture, across the millennia. We carry within us the ability to hold back. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainis...
Breaking up is hard to do
"On the one hand we are proud of the fact that India has one of the lowest rates of divorce, globally. It's about 1.1 percent annually. However, UN re...
Breaking up is hard to do
On the one hand we are proud of the fact that India has one of the lowest rates of divorce, globally. It's about 1.1 percent annually. However, UN rep...