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Book review: Akshay Manwani's The Tiger, The Bear and the Battle of Mahovann is a contemporary fable for all

Despite making the characters contemporary, Akshay Manwani has maintained the simplicity of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, the drama of Ruskin Bond's writings, and the morals of Ishop's fables.

Sleep Your Way to Success: Authors of book on insomnia share hacks on cultivating and maintaining sleep hygiene

"What I do not like about allopathy is the focus on disease rather than health. I wanted to focus on health," says Khurshed Batliwala, co-author of Sleep Your Way to Success.

New illustrated book to introduce young readers to life and times of artist Raja Ravi Varma

The book is written by author-poet Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, and will be published by Red Panda, an imprint of Westland Books.

Dhiraj Nayyar’s new book shows Narendra Modi's understanding of markets is in no way inferior to that of his critics

Unlike his peers in academia or financial journalism who run down the Modi government’s demonetisation drive and GST roll out, Nayyar categorises these moves as “radical reforms” intended to benefit the economy in long run

Hicky's Bengal Gazette: Read an excerpt from a book on India's first newspaper, the people it featured

Hicky's Bengal Gazette was an entertaining read for many, touched upon various civic issues and is representative of the prevalent attitudes of its time

Black Money and Tax Havens: Tracing the connection between terrorism and offshore financing

Black money is a topic that has elicited much debate in recent times. In his new book — Black Money and Tax Havens — Prof R Vaidynathan provides an overview of black money — its generation, estimates and how and why it is spirited away to tax havens

Chandraswami: The rise and fall of the 'shaman-shyster' is traced in this book on India's godmen

Did Jayaprakash Narayan, counted among the most reverential politicians, write a personal letter to his friends to introduce Chandraswami, who eventually turned out to be India’s most dubious godman?