Author interview: Sourabh Angarkar talks about his book 'Importance of Slow Cooking'
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:13 am
Culinary expert Sourabh Angarkar explains why slow cooking is important and how you can use sous ide machine to get the job done well
Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2021 announces its line up of speakers for this year
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) 2021 will be held from January 22 to 24 this year, at the Currency Building, the organisers have said, under strict COVID-19 safety protocols.
Book review: Dr Vipin Gupta explores the limits of science in his book ‘What is Present Reality’
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:13 am
Has there been any instance in your life where you have received the most beautiful answer from the most knowledgeable person present, but you still felt unsatisfied?
Litfest Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob pays tribute to Satyajit Ray and Soumitra Chatterjee
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The sixth edition of the Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob (ABSU) curated by Oxford Bookstore in association with Prabha Khaitan Foundation was held online this year keeping the pandemic situation in mind.
Jammu and Kashmir: KU Teacher brings Laurels to Valley, publishes research in APA journal
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:13 am
Srinagar: Hailing from Lolab valley of Kupwara, Dr. Habibullah Shah, a gold medalist has achieved a rare milestone by becoming the first researcher from education discipline to publish his research findings in the top Journal of American Psychological Association (APA) USA.
India is collection of nations, like Europe: Lord Meghnad Desai
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:13 am
Lord Meghnad Desai, a British economist and a Labour politician in the UK, was the guest at Kitaab organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement. In the course of his interaction with Indian economist and civil servant Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Lord Desai spoke about his book Rebellious Lord, Indian politics and economy. India Blooms brings excerpts
Don't see any solution with Pakistan round the corner: Author Prem Prakash
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Author-journalist Prem Prakash's book Reporting India: My Seventy-Year Journey as a Journalist was launched by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at event Kitaab hosted by Prabha Khaitan Foundation in association with Penguin India in December 2020. From Pakistan to Jawaharlal Nehru, the veteran journalist and ANI founder who had reported from ground zero of the India-China War in 1962 spoke on a range of issues in the course of the conversation. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts
Author interview: Dr Vipin Gupta on his book 'What is Divine Energy'
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
The author delves into quintessential questions about how to manage life joyfully and the science of everything in his book
Book review: Bambino is an English translation of Pratima Dhar's Bengali book Nabajatak ‘
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
‘Bambino’, an English translation by Ankita Banerjee of Pratima Dhar’s Bengali book ‘Nabjatak’, is a collection of everyday yet unique stories, based on Bengali families.
Sahir Ludhianvi's songs have tinge of melancholy in the idea of romance: Author Nasreen Munni Kabir
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Author Nasreen Munni Kabir was the guest at the "tête-à-tea" organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation. During her conversation with Namrata Joshi, Kabir spoke about her latest book In the Year of Sahir 2021 Diary which is based on poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts
Most men are completely insensitive to the sufferings of women: Bani Basu
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
The recently published A Plate of White Marble, translated from Sahitya Akademi winning Bengali writer Bani Basu’s book (Swet Patherer Thala) throws up the age-old question of woman’s place in society, and whether financial power changes the equation. Ranjita Biswas in conversation with the author
Author interview: Anil Mandhani on his bilingual book of poems ‘Nishabd Mulakat: A Silent Meeting’
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Anil Mandhani talks about the emotions that every medical doctor goes through in the course of their profession and how he channelises those emotions into poetry
I see no business for 10-year-olds to have phone or social media account: Author Jyotsna Mohan
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Author Jyotsna Mohan, who has worked for a national television news channel, has addressed the issues the kids of the present generation are facing in her latest book Stoned, Shamed, Depressed. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts of Mohan's interaction with senior journalist Nidhi Razdan over the book in the event Kitab hosted by Prabha Khaitan Foundation in association with Phulkari: Women of Amritsar and presented by Shree Cement.
Author interview: Sanjamm Vijan on her book ‘Adopted by Santa’
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
It is the bond of love and care that makes a family is what Sanjamm Vijan wants to convey to children through her book.
Book Review: A bilingual anthology of poems which explores the hidden meaning of words
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
What are words? Words are the source of strength, the weapon which one can use to liberate and heal; words are magical, they can cast a spell on anyone who encounters them.
Book review: Vipin Gupta on the power of managing science of everything
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
In his book ‘What is Divine Energy’, Vipin Gupta investigates the quintessential questions about how to manage life joyfully.
Book review: Written for children, ‘Adopted by Santa’ can be enjoyed by adults too
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
The book ‘Adopted by Santa’ written by Sanjamm Vijan is a fun and interesting read, primarily dedicated to children.
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Colours are all around us in myriad varieties. But nature’s bounty has also its own message expressed through colour code which is put to therapeutic use too, finds Anju Munshi
We cannot generalise a society or a country: Author Hamid Ansari on Pakistan
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Techie and author Hamid Ansari, who was caught in Pakistan being accused of being an Indian spy, wrote about his ordeal and suffering days in the South Asian country in his book Hamid. In an interaction with senior journalist Nidhi Razdan at Kitab, an event organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement, in late November, Ansari bared his thoughts. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts
Stories are the index of our mind, says Father Felix Raj at book launch
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In the present education system, quality education, including value education, has become very important, said Dr. Dhrubajyoti Chottopadhyay, Vice Chancellor, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata.
BJP govt tried to establish alternative idea of India in last six years: Shashi Tharoor
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Congress Lok Sabha MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, launched his latest book The Battle of Belonging at a session of Kitab organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation. In an interaction with senior journalist Karan Thapar, Tharoor spoke about the idea of India and how it has been impacted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last six years of its rule. IBNS brings excerpts of the conversation
Bambino: Creative pursuits of a homemaker
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Late Pratima Dhar was a homemaker who travelled widely with her husband. She began to pen down her observations which later formed the basis of her book Nabajatok published in Bengali. In this interview, her son talks about why he decided to get his mother's books translated and published anew.
Author interview: Anand Vardhan on his book Nemesis
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
In his typical conversational tone, author Anand Vardhan explains what led him to write his latest fiction, Nemesis.
Author interview: Anand Vardhan on his book Out of the Jaws of Death
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
The author offers an insight into what led him to journalism and writing books in this free flowing interview
Book review: Nemesis melts the border between reality and fiction
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
When suddenly the question of survival of the fittest comes into consideration, chaos, pain, shock and uncertainties are bound to seep in.
Book Review: Out of the Jaws Of Death is a mystery thriller with a gripping end
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
How is the life of a top businessman? What are the risks they can come across? Does the veil of glamour and affairs hide the actual motives?
I don't believe in feminism but femininity: Author Koral Dasgupta
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Author Koral Dasgupta, who was the guest at the latest session of An Author's Afternoon organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement last week, spoke about her latest book Ahalya. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts
A book that tells you about the rise of the Hero group from survival to success
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Hero Enterprise Chairman Sunil Kant Munjal’s book, ‘The Making of Hero: Four Brothers, Two Wheels and a Revolution that Shaped India’, won the Business Book of the Year 2020 Award at the Tata Literature Live! Festival.
Author interview: Bhagaban Chandra Patra on his book 'My Discovery of America'
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
A retired gynaecologist, Dr Patra is determined to fulfil his childhood desire to become a well published author. ‘My Discovery of America’ is his fourth book.
Sep 17, 2024, at 12:14 am
Kolkata: A battle of belonging to India and having India belong to you is raging at the moment as attempts are being made to turn the nation's "civic nationalism" into a "religious-cultural nationalism", said Congress leader and writer Shashi Tharoor at the virtual launch of his new book “The Battle of Belonging”.