No entry fee for visitors, solar lighting arrangements, celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, seminars, children pavilion, theme pavilion – the Kolkata Book Fair was a winning concoction. Here’s more on the…

The volcanic ash travel disruptions last year left many exhibitors as well as visitors with no choice than to miss the much-sought after London Book Fair 2010. This year, the show is back with all its regular features and some more like…

Author: Shiva Prakash Publisher: Amaryllis (Pp 258, ISBN 978-81-910673-3-0, Rs 195) The book peeks in the life of millions of Indians who think gaining the MBA degree would change their life forever. Their ambition to do something in life…

Author: Bodhipaksa Publisher: New Age Books (Pp 101, ISBN 978-81-7822-355-1, Rs 25) Priced nominally, the book aims at informing about the different aspects of vegetarianism. It will help people make a sensible choice because we are what we…

Author: Alan J Whiticker Publisher: Mehta Publishing House (Pp 302, ISBN 978-81-8498-164-3, Rs 300) Speeches That Reshaped The World is a collection of the greatest speeches of modern times- speeches that instigated war and called for…

Author: Juhi Sinha Publisher: Niyogi Books (Pp 154, ISBN 978-81-89738-91-4) An insight into the home, the heart, muse and music of one of the greatest artists of India - Bismillah Khan. The book traces his journey from a small town of…

Author: Margaret Chatterjee Publisher: Promilla & Co Publishers (Pp 130, ISBN 978-93-80188-07-2, Rs 200) Though writing letters is diminishing but the importance of letters cannot be undermined. Historians and biographers have…

Author: Rei Kimura Publisher: Mehta Publishing House (Pp170, ISBN 978-81-8498-137-7, Rs 149) This is the gripping story of the Awa Maru, the little known Titanic of Japan, for the first time told in this book. We follow the journey of Kyoko…

-Towards Post Rational Architectre Author: Jaimini Mehta Publisher: Niyogi Books (Pp 155, ISBN 978-81-89738-72-3) Architectural discourse in India has been waiting to break the boundaries of practice from the introduction of modernism into…

Author: Anujeet Publisher: AITBS Publishers (Pp 346, ISBN 978-7473-462-9, Rs 195) The book entails simple grammar details that are comprehensible to students. It gives in-depth coverage of the essentials in English grammar. Packed with…