Lipika Bhushan

Our actions have consequences and, therefore, it is important that we make positive choices in life: Vish Dhamija

October 5, 2023

With eleven crime novels to his credit, Vish Dhamija, one of the best legal crime fiction writers in the country is back with an edge-of-the-seat new crime thriller, Déjà Karma (Pan Macmillan India). Frequently quoted in the Indian press as a ‘master of crime and courtroom drama’ Dhamija’s thrillers have been called ‘India’s best page-turner’. We...

‘Diversity is our strength, we are not optimising it our administrative structures’- Professor Desiraju

July 24, 2023

Prof.Gautam Desiraju, a well-known Indian scientist and crystallographer who has made significant contributions to the field of chemistry, recently reviewed modern day India and its constitution in his book Bharat: India 2.0, promulgating the restructuring of the map and therefore the states for better governance. In the book, Desiraju proposes...

Guardians of Culture and Civilization: Celebrating Uttarakhand’s Women

May 22, 2023

Writers and photographers alike have always been drawn to the tenacity and entrepreneurial drive of the women from the hillside communities. While women’s lives have always been difficult in rural areas across the nation, they are made even more difficult in the hills due to the lack of resources and...

Everyday spirituality is a breath of fresh air: Yogi Trivedi

May 8, 2023

In Love, At Ease: Everyday Spirituality with Pramukh Swami (Penguin India) by Yogi Trivedi is a unique life story of a global cultural ambassador and a spiritual master, Pramukh Swami, the guru and Pramukh, or President, of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya...

‘Every character I write possesses shades of me’

April 3, 2023

Dr Anand Ranganathan needs exactly 30 seconds to destroy his opponents in a TV debate, so we got curious when he instead came out with his latest book, a crime thriller that needed plotting and weaving and all ingredients slowly cooked for a delectable murder mystery. Dr Ranganathan, who recently...

Un-branding of festival brands

March 28, 2023

There are close to 4 dozen Literature festivals and counting, organised across India. All festivals write in for top writers and Publishers very smartly balance their lists out plugging in writers in all. Having had the opportunity to observe almost all of them from close quarters right from their start,...

Nobody more important to a 21st century rising India than Sri Aurobindo: Gautam Chikermane

March 3, 2023

This year when Bharat celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav we also celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, one of the greatest Indian philosophers the country has seen. Sri Aurobindo was a yoga guru, maharishi, poet and an Indian nationalist, who played a vital role in India’s freedom struggle....

THE Indian view of looking at HER past looked down upon’

November 28, 2022

On the launch of his book Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian history, Vikram Sampath, in a free-wheeling interview with The Daily Guardian says the Indian view of looking at history has been looked down upon. Read excerpts.Q: How different is our Indian history from Bharat’s Itihasa and why do...

The big Indian publishing divide

October 20, 2020

Why should a distinguished publisher like Bloomsbury publish such a book when there is always some Garuda to publish it? This sentiment, which found resonance among a section of people when Bloomsbury India de-platformed the book Delhi Riots 2020 on the day of its launch event, raises pertinent questions on...

Literature festivals caught in a Covid-19 crossroads

August 24, 2020

As India moves between phases of lockdowns and “unlocks” in different cities, the key adjustment we have had to make is to accept the inability to assemble for events and festivals. Across the world, festivals on art, culture and literature have also had to reschedule their dates and their formats,...

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