Nepal: A Black & White Look At The Himalayan Wonderland
A new book on Nepal’s fabulous mountains tells its story through breathtaking photography
Jaipur Literature Festival 2016
The big daddy of literature festivals is back again this year with the likes of Margaret Atwood, Stephen Fry, Ruskin Bond and many others.
Lines in the sand
Winston Churchill wrote of Seven Pillars of Wisdom: ‘It ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language. As a narrative of war and adventureâ?¦it is unsurpassable.â?
The puissant writings of W.G. Sebald
There is no way to summarize Sebald–s beautiful artefacts. They have to be read, individually and as a body
The extraordinary life of Joseph Conrad
From smuggling arms to the Caribbean revolutionaries to watching the Belgian republic’s avaricious slave-and-ivory trade first hand, Joseph Conrad was much more than a wandering seaman with strange tales
Airport stories
From the story of a man who lives in an airport to the tales of thirteen stranded passengers at another airport
No man’s land: The history of war in India
“The grain of the land” that soldiers often talk about is vertical, or waterless, or it’s freezing cold, or steamy hot. Far more men die in Siachen of exposure and/or pulmonary oedema than of bullet-wounds.
We are family
Even as his books make a riotous comeback, Gerald Durell was never far from home. He is the go-to man for all kinds of creature comforts
Bangalore’s most storied bookseller
Select Bookshop in Bengaluru is a treasure trove when it comes to finding rare books