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Jadavpur University erupts at midnight: ABVP-Left student groups clash over meeting, BJP-CPI(M) leaders trade barbs | Vijay govt calls for action to stop students, youth from joining CJP, Left protests | Kolkata hotel fire kills 9: Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul targets ex-TMC govt, CESC over licences | Kolkata hotel fire: 9 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and a child, die in massive blaze | Tarun Tejpal faces life term? Goa govt moves Supreme Court after 2013 rape conviction | Supreme Court rejects ‘less painful’ death penalty plea, but leaves door open for future change | ‘Vulgarity and disgust’: DMK attacks Vijay over Trisha salute at I-Day event | ‘Take Gyanesh Kumar to the US’: Congress mocks Trump over praise for India’s voter ID system | Big relief for Imran Khan: Pakistan Supreme Court orders hospital transfer amid health fears | Trump praises India’s voter ID system, pushes SAVE America Act

Book Review: 'Pratidhwani' by Ram Ratan Yadav

Jan 19, 2018, at 10:14 pm

Pratidhwani is a collection of poems -- written by Ram Ratan Yadav -- that takes readers on a beautiful life's journey.

Book review: Trouble - The Last Chance

Jan 16, 2018, at 11:13 pm

‘Trouble: The last chance’ is a fictional novel written by Marc Bieri where the reader is introduced to a character named Wendel, a school boy yet to enter into teenage.

Book Review: Hither & Thither

Jan 16, 2018, at 10:17 pm

‘Hither & Thither’ is a collection of poems penned by Dibyangee Saha, where we get to see things from a unique point of view.

I have been writing more by intuition says Mystic Kerala author

Jan 16, 2018, at 09:39 pm

Mangaden V Suresh talks about what inspired him to write Mystic Kerala, published by Power Publishers

Book Review: Sold Over Million

Dec 30, 2017, at 07:57 pm

We have all dreamt of having enough money to do things when we want and how we want. But most dreams never become a reality.

Power Publishers completes a decade of book publishing

Dec 30, 2017, at 07:43 pm

Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): Power Publishers completes 10 years on December 31, 2017. Pinaki Ghosh, the co-founder of Power Publishers, tells Olivia Chatterjee Biswas about the journey so far and what the future holds.

Book Review: Between You and Me

Dec 27, 2017, at 10:18 pm

Power Publishers' latest release -- 'Between You & Me' -- is a collection of amorous poems narrating and reflecting the various dimensions and colours of love.

Book Review: The Family

Dec 27, 2017, at 08:28 pm

India, as a country, is known for various concepts and traditions that revolve around the idea of an ideal family and one such thing is the concept of a joint family. To portray a family in a fiction is always interesting. It brings more nuances for the author to write on, as well as for the readers to enjoy.

Author Nilanjana Roychowdhury on her debut book 10/3 Rash Behari Avenue

Dec 27, 2017, at 08:20 pm

A chat with author Nilanjana Roychowdhury about her book 10/3 Rash Behari Avenue, released by Power Publishers

Operation Drug Mafia: A somnolent spy thriller

Dec 27, 2017, at 07:05 pm

Venkatesh Raghavan’s Operation Drug Mafia though a fast paced crime novel, has less of action and more of strategizing, mind games, brainwashing techniques and information gathering means as the meat of the content.

Book Review: Dusra Janam

Dec 20, 2017, at 06:22 pm

Kunwar Vivek Chauhan's debut novel Dusra Janam, from Power Publishers, is an interesting story revolving around the theme of rebirth and resurrection.

Book review: Active Mismanagement of Maladies

Dec 19, 2017, at 10:10 pm

Bhagaban Chandra Patra’s book, 'Active Mismanagement of Maladies', published by Power Publishers, is all about the harsh treatments faced by common people day in and out.

The Life Essentials: A self-help guide to get you back on track in life

Dec 19, 2017, at 03:40 am

Power Publishers' newest title 'The Life Essentials' is an honest effort by first-time author Sathyan Segaran that might get you in life reboot mode, if you are on with it.

Debut author Piyaah Nandi talks about her book on fairy tales

Dec 12, 2017, at 09:05 pm

Power Publishers has recently released Grandma's Bucket Full of Magic by author Piyaah Nandi. A Clinical Psychologist by profession, she brings to life some of the forgotten tales of Bengal in her book.

Round the World on Twenty Five Rupees

Dec 12, 2017, at 08:56 pm

Ambitions are what shape us and differentiate us from the crowd. For some, it may be all about clearing the toughest exam in the world while for a few it might be taking a cycle trip around the world with means that would not even suffice for a day!

The Last Esteem Desire: An unconventional love story

Dec 12, 2017, at 08:34 pm

An unconventional love story, that asks, ‘’What happens when we die ?’’ The answer is simple -- we must repay our debts to help seven souls cross over. Only then we can rest.

What happened to 10/3 Rash Behari Avenue?

Dec 12, 2017, at 08:20 pm

When remembering houses that impressed us deeply as children, that may have made us wonder whether we weren’t born in the wrong century, we can’t help and wonder, is it still there?

Amrita Kolay takes a perceptive glance at arranged marriage in her book One Crazy Afternoon

Dec 01, 2017, at 10:08 pm

In India arranged marriage has ruled in spite of today’s youth enthusiastically celebrating the Valentine’s Day.

Shakespeare and the cybernetic post-human

Nov 29, 2017, at 08:07 pm

Kolkata, Nov 29 (IBNS):The Department of English, Heritage College, in collaboration with the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India organized a two day international workshop on “401 years after Shakespeare: Shifting Paradigms from the Shakespearean Human to the Post-human”, at the Heritage Campus, recently.

Travelogues by women writers launched in Kolkata

Nov 28, 2017, at 04:05 am

Kolkata, Nov 27 (IBNS) Filmmaker Gautam Ghose and former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar released two travel- oriented books "Notes from A Spanish Diary" by Ranjita Biswas and "From Zanskar to Ziro" by Sohini Sen at the Rotary Sadan here on Saturday.

Chasing Smugglers: A memoir by former Indian Revenue Service officer Manmohan Sethi

Nov 16, 2017, at 09:44 pm

'Chasing Smugglers' written by Manmohan Sethi, an IRS officer, is a book detailing several cases that he handled during his career.

Jayesh Sinha is ready to tell you about the 'Greatest Sports Rivalries'

Nov 16, 2017, at 07:02 pm

Power Publishers is set to release the book 'Greatest Sports Rivalries' by author Jayesh Sinha in November.

Purple Blossoms: Human emotions expressed through verse

Nov 14, 2017, at 08:09 pm

'Purple Blossoms', written by Ashford Lyonette, contains beautiful poems woven with threads of human emotions.

Grandma's Bucketful of Magic: Traditional children's stories from Bengal

Nov 14, 2017, at 07:33 pm

"A writer only begins a book, a reader finishes it" - Samuel Johnson

Kolkata: A comic con treat for children

Nov 10, 2017, at 09:13 pm

Kolkata, Nov 10 (IBNS): As a curtain-raiser for the upcoming Children's Day, may be you can take your kids for a Comic Con this Saturday, to be held at Salt Lake in Kolkata.

Flavours of Life: Seeing the world through the eyes of a poet

Nov 07, 2017, at 07:58 pm

They say that poetry is the food for our souls and every literature addict out there can attest to this fact. The most aesthetic feature of poetry is that it can hold so many emotions, ideas and thoughts in such few words.

Second edition of Big Little Book Award to honour Bengali authors of children’s literature

Nov 07, 2017, at 07:47 pm

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IBNS): Bengali authors -- Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Amarendra Chakravorty and Kartik Ghosh -- have been shortlisted for Parag's 'Big Little Book Award' for children’s literature in Indian languages.    

Don't be obsessed with negative feelings about your body, says author Foram Shah

Nov 04, 2017, at 06:59 pm

Author Foram Shah talks about her recent book "The Healers", published by Power Publishers. 

There is hope even in death says Dr Abhijit Dam in his latest book Mrtyu

Nov 04, 2017, at 06:50 pm

Power Publishers recently released "Mrtyu" by Dr Abhijit Dam. A conversation with the author reveals his passion for the written word and how he juggled writing with his medical practice.

A determined person is bound to achieve his or her goal, says author Mandakini Bansal

Nov 04, 2017, at 06:08 pm

Author Mandakini Bansal talks about her book "Struggled till Last" published by Power Publishers