In the shadow of a legend: Dilip Kumar Author                  : Faisal Farooqui Publisher             : Om International Pages                    : 186; Rs 439 As an ardent Dilip Kumar fan, I was extremely excited to know that a

If you want to know how Chennai became a centre of excellence in India for diabetes prevention and care, this is the book for you. In ‘Making excellence a habit’, Dr V Mohan an eminent diabetologist in Chennai, tells an absorbing story of how his father, the

The voices of Afghan women, through a collection of stories put together in the book My pen is the wing of a bird (Hachette), touch your heart with the two powerful and contrasting emotions they express — violence and yearning… violence is their reality and yearning is

Stories I must tell Author                  : Kabir Bedi Publisher              : Westland Pages                   : 319; Rs.256 From the first magical encounter with The Beatles as a student in Delhi to working as an interviewer for All India Radio

The Thinnai Author                  : Ari Gautier Publisher             : Hachette Pages                    : 186; Rs.399 In this delightful book, originally written in French, Ari Gautier takes us through the unglamorous district of Kurusukuppam, Pondicherry,

Service Above Self – The Biography of M K Panduranga Setty Author        : Vedam Jaishankar M Satyanarayan Publisher   : Vimal Publication Pages          : 292 With a foreword by RI President

Shashi Tharoor is a mesmeric speaker and prolific writer (he brings out a book every year) as everyone knows, but his fondness for big words is a myth. Good communication in speech or writing is a matter of using the right word, as Tharoor has said often.

The Gilded Ones Author                  : Namina Forna Publisher             : Delacorte Pages                    : 432; Rs.1,545 A unique and female-centred fantasy, this is the story of Deka who has spent the first sixteen years of her life

The amazing human body Author                  : M V Ravikumar Publisher             : Kaveri Trust Pages                    : 76; Rs.99 A compilation of interesting facts about the various organs and systems of the human body. Written in simple