An Observer’s Guide to Reality becomes most intimate when it stops asking what the universe is made of and starts asking what the reader is made of. By the time Darsh Jain reaches The Illusion of Self, the book has already described billions of years of cosmic and biological change.…
For a tabla student, one of the most challenging transitions is the movement from learning rhythmic material in isolation to using that material intelligently in performance. “Shastriya/Upashastriya Gayanamadhil Tabla Sangat” by Dr. Sandesh Raaje addresses that transition directly by focusing on the role of tabla in Hindustani classical and semi-classical…
The most memorable thing about My Orchid is its central storytelling mechanism: a diary called Truth or Dare. In a genre where messages, dating apps, accidental meetings, and social media often drive modern romance, M.S. Hashley goes in the opposite direction. The book places a handwritten diary inside a secluded…
When I think about Sowganthi, I keep returning to the relationship between its two central figures: Sowganthi, the mother, and Rishi, the son who loves and cares for her. The premise is wonderfully direct, but it opens the door to a surprisingly rich question: what makes a good son? Literature…
The most impressive civilizations are often introduced through their largest achievements: monumental buildings, military victories, famous rulers, or vast territories. Weirdly Indian – Toilets, Toys & Total Mystery! makes a much more interesting choice. It asks readers to look down rather than up—to look at drains, bathrooms, bricks, toys, seals,…
One of the most engaging ideas in The Autumn is that compatibility does not automatically create permanence. Aaradhya and Kabir are not introduced as obvious opposites who must learn to understand each other. They are described as a match. She is meticulous and fiercely intelligent; he is brilliant and responsible…
Book: Kaśmīra: Ashoka and the Crescent | Author: Col Madhur Goyal, SM Kaśmīra: Ashoka and the Crescent becomes especially distinctive when read through the background of its author. Col Madhur Goyal, SM is not approaching Kashmir only as a commentator looking at maps, documents and headlines from a safe distance.…
To read Ripples of Tranquil with knowledge of Dhanashree Ganatra’s wider artistic life is to recognise that this is a poetry collection created by someone who does not experience words as silent objects alone. Ganatra is also a singer, songwriter, music composer, and filmmaker, and that multidisciplinary background offers a…
Anoop Shanker Madan’s B.C.D – Birth, Choices, Death: The Story of Life Between Two Certainties approaches spirituality from an unusually grounded direction. Instead of beginning with transcendence, enlightenment or escape from worldly concerns, it begins with the ordinary human condition. We are born without choosing the terms of our arrival.…
What does a chief executive actually lead? The obvious answers are a company, a strategy, a portfolio, a market position, a balance sheet, or a transformation agenda. The CEO Mindset: Leading with Skills, Living with Soul, Volume I asks readers to add another answer: a human environment. Dr. h.c. Yogesh…