The river’s story

The book combines the history, legends, mythology, religion, festivals, commerce, warfare and geography of the sacred river Kaveri


Labour of love

This book chronicles one man–s lifelong enchantment with a strange beast – the rhino


The mangrove goddess

In an excerpt from her new book, In Good Faith: A Journey in Search of an Unknown India, the author meets a unique deity, Bonbibi, in the Sunderbans


India’s tiger man

As a long standing friend, Taraporewala manages to bring to life many facets of Fateh Singh Rathore — the man who carved out Ranthambhore National Park


Backpacking and more

A solo trek along the Pacific Crest Trail helps the author come face to face with nature and find herself


A tale of two grandmothers

An extract from André Béteille–s Sunlight on the Garden: A Story of Childhood & Youth, where the author talks about an idyllic childhood in the French enclave of Chandannagar


Head-craft

The author feels being a hippie is a dangerous occupation, unless you can package it and get paid by the paragraph


Comic misadventures

This book should be compulsory reading for the proudly Indian — seeing ourselves as others see us


After the Bali bombings

Part chatty political history lesson, part travelogue, Dhume–s book is an engaging one, enlivened by quirky details