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Cold, callous, or cruel?

India, May 17 -- It's not a winning title. And as it happens, Small Boat is a small book too. Just 160 pages. Three sections. Vincent Delecroix's International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel is a work... Read More


Of love and family, raves and Kafka

India, May 17 -- Born in Germany to Afghan parents, raised in public housing graffitied with reverse swastikas, drawn to philosophy, photography and sex, Nila has spent her adolescence disappointing h... Read More


Looking for what works

India, May 17 -- The battle against global poverty that began after World War 2 was a major undertaking engaging economists, activists and scholars. At front and centre were six remarkable economists:... Read More


Extending the visual arts

India, May 17 -- The essays in this volume examine the elements that shape game play and game spaces, including camera angles, scenography, character design and the stylistic choices game designers ma... Read More


'Shakespeare is like an enormous planet Jupiter'

India, May 17 -- 1Can you tell us a bit about your fascination with Shakespeare. In Will in the World, you call him a "person who wrote the most important body of imaginative literature of the last th... Read More


On Nature's right to exist, flourish and persist

India, May 17 -- You have said you are "north-minded," drawn to high altitudes and latitudes, to snow, ice, and rock, to mountains. You debuted with Mountains of the Mind but then your trajectory desc... Read More


2nd feline death due to bird flu confirmed

LUCKNOW/KANPUR, May 17 -- The lion Pataudi, which died at the Kanpur zoo on May 15, was infected with avian influenza, officials said on Friday. This was the second feline death due to H5N1 in the sta... Read More


Heatwave conditions likely to ease from Sunday

LUCKNOW, May 17 -- Due to the onset of Easterlies, there is a possibility of a drop in temperatures after the next 24 hours, and as a result, the prevailing heatwave conditions are likely to ease from... Read More


Twin projects to give lucknow's infra a boost, transform skyline

LUCKNOW, May 17 -- The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) will develop river-view apartments for around 4,000 families on 51 acres behind the Police Headquarters on Shaheed Path and a hotel-commercia... Read More


Akhilesh pushes temple project in Yadav citadel before state poll battle

Etawah, May 17 -- On the outskirts of Etawah town in central Uttar Pradesh is the Lion Safari Park, once a big draw for tourists in India's most-populous province but now closed due to a recent avian ... Read More