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Vikram and Vetaal redux

India, Nov. 1 -- The great Raja Vikramaditya is told by the tantric yogi Kshantisheela to bring him a corpse that is hanging on a shisham tree. This leads to a battle of wills between the raja and the... Read More


down a mighty stream

India, Nov. 1 -- River Traveller tells the story of the Brahmaputra, the mighty river that rises in Tibet, travels through three countries and, after making its way across 2,900 km, flows into the Bay... Read More


'I have always known that ghosts are among us'

India, Nov. 1 -- 1This novel collapses the distinction between the world of the living and that of those who have passed away. What excited you most about this approach? My mother brought me up to bel... Read More


Caste-away: Still surviving beyond India's shores

India, Nov. 1 -- In July 1982, prime minister Indira Gandhi was set to visit the US. Triumphant after her return from the political wilderness following the debacle of the Emergency, Gandhi's meetings... Read More


life and times of Sardar Patel

India, Nov. 1 -- India on Friday celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of the first home minister and deputy prime minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who welded the country into one nation post-inde... Read More


Fork in the road

India, Nov. 1 -- Doesn't everything taste better when you are on the road? Every time I come back from a trip, I spend a few days caressing my memories. Because I eat for a living, many of the memorie... Read More


A new coast story

India, Nov. 1 -- There are places that look exactly like you imagined them: The pyramids of Giza, the desert sands of Morocco, the mountains of Tibet. Diu, that rarely visited island just off the coas... Read More


Let's borrow this idea

India, Nov. 1 -- I was in Helsinki last month, as part of a Climate Solutions visit organised by the Finnish government. I was hoping the airport taxi driver would be chatty, that he'd tell me what to... Read More


On spicy MCG pitch, India fail the Hazlewood test

Kolkata, Nov. 1 -- Abhishek Sharma shone with a 37-ball 68 but couldn't prevent Australia from taking a 1-0 lead with a four-wicket win at the MCG on a cold Friday night. At a capacity stadium that mu... Read More


UP eye maiden win against Baroda

LUCKNOW, Nov. 1 -- Out of their seven league matches in the last season of the Ranji Trophy, former champions Uttar Pradesh could win just one game and, that too, against poor-performing Bihar. A sixt... Read More