Follow The New Indian Express - Books, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/the-new-indian-express-books Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:01:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzYKZ22pAAFMVyOSYGFl6uu Retired Supreme Court judge Madan B Lokur, celebrated SC human rights lawyer Vrinda Grover, journalist Sunetra Choudhury are some authors whose works are feautured in the book.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:12:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzYKZ22pAAFMVyOSYGFl6uu https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyxJsPZAHSfJgS1Ly282xAAw Sinu Joseph explains the ancient science behind menstrual practices, based on the decade-long groundwork on menstruation practices across the country.]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:26:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyxJsPZAHSfJgS1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxywm3xZ3ySZN0yxhxzpi7FpJ Her journey is remarkable because it includes two ascents-after winning the Miss World title in 2000, she made the time- honoured transition into Bollywood.]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:57:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxywm3xZ3ySZN0yxhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywYM22TpiAhMHHnycKeoCpf How Indian scientists led a tireless journey and faced multitude of challenges in their fight against a global health crisis]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywYM22TpiAhMHHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywYM22TpiAhMN6jHbRcHw3s Lindsay Pereira tells Smitha Verma how multiple narratives, unified by a common thread of deteriorating hope from a tony neighbourhood, shaped his debut book.]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywYM22TpiAhMN6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywYM22TpiAhMKJCIqJppjfU As she turned 100, the indomitable Zohra Sehgal was surprised when one of the guests at her birthday bash asked her if she wanted tea.]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywYM22TpiAhMKJCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyx--oyrzmAyZLmyhX6zo8SW Marco Moneta's book narrates the story of a man who has witnessed India's power struggle in the 16th Century and watched it rise to power in an unknown world.]]> Sun, 09 Jan 2022 05:12:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyx--oyrzmAyZLmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzdmeHhJfluPe4DA87rvhPr It is a no-holds-barred account of the disruptive march of democracy and governance in India from the long-established status quo to the totalitarian ethnic style of governance.]]> Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzdmeHhJfluPe4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzdmeHhJfluPXMq2h3ehXEp Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit's book is an attempt at seeking answers to the question whether Hindutva could have prevented Partition.]]> Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzdmeHhJfluPXMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzdmeHhJfluPQm0QkxGtqLL Stories based on the writer’s life experiences can be very engaging due to their richness of description and palpable emotion.]]> Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzdmeHhJfluPQm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyz-_LczOJatDi1Ly282xAAw That fateful evening, ominous clouds had gathered overhead and the darkness seemed to have descended suddenly.]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:48:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyz-_LczOJatDi1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzbRNWFlirgAKrkJyTkC_2b The book is beautifully translated from the French original by Blake Smith, a historian who specialises in the cultural exchange between France and India.]]> Sun, 02 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzbRNWFlirgAKrkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzbRNWFlirgAO4DA87rvhPr Changing landscape of Delhi seen through the prism of a post-Partition business family]]> Sun, 02 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzbRNWFlirgAO4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzbRNWFlirgAApx5_w21kha ...Yet it’s the most comprehensive collection of his fiction, non-fiction, poetry and essays]]> Sun, 02 Jan 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzbRNWFlirgAApx5_w21kha https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy50xSl-dhy27G7Iy_4u0x9 Three young bookstagrammers—who are redefining how books are reviewed in the modern world—from Delhi-NCR list out their impactful reads from this year.]]> Thu, 30 Dec 2021 04:03:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy50xSl-dhy27G7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy0wwieeVfdbEFW8UNEQjUn Once an essential skill, cursive writing is now a challenge for most people. But the jury is divided over its relevance in the digital age.]]> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy0wwieeVfdbEFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy0wwieeVfdbKrkJyTkC_2b India stands revealed as neither timeless nor an Utopia of social harmony, religious unity and non-violence as heritage also contains troubling inflections which need to be looked at.]]> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy0wwieeVfdbKrkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy0wwieeVfdbCVCAQLB0bf5 The author talks to about his last release 'Loss' which was published when the COVID-19 pandemic broke.]]> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy0wwieeVfdbCVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy6CGb_oK2dg3OFESPuQWsX In "Blistering Barnacles: An A-Z of Rants, Rambles and Rages of Captain Haddock", French journalist Albert Algoud tells that there is no character in literature with a more idiosyncratic repertoire.]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:40:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3Xwxyy6CGb_oK2dg3OFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzCXHg067dHZIvmyuk5fxzE Parinda Joshi's 'A House Full of Men' is a light fluffy read, especially for those in a hurry.]]> Sun, 19 Dec 2021 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzCXHg067dHZIvmyuk5fxzE