Matriarchs and ancestral homes are never far away from creative spaces when writers from Kerala spin stories. This time it is army officer-turned-author Sajita Nair who has centred her latest novel, The Grande Matriarch of Malabar, on a matriarch and her complex relationship with her tharavadu (ancestral house). Of ancestral homes One of the first women to […]
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Like most self-help books, The Golden Years comes with an impressive subtitle — The Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life. In this case, however, the author is speaking from a wealth of experience. About 89 years of experience, to be precise. The slim volume, which was released by publisher HarperCollins on May 19 […]
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Annette Leday’s face becomes animated when she talks about her discovery of India, especially dance and Kathakali. A performer, choreographer and director, Annette kept returning to India, to learn and to hone her skills as a Kathakali dancer and actor. More than four decades after that first trip to India in 1975, the dancer-chreographer has […]
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A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashley Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch biologist, ornithologist and one of the founders of modern ethology — the study of animal behaviour — won […]
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I speak to Archana Pidathala about her new book Why Cook on the eve of her son’s birthday. This has her harking back to a special memory when testing out the many thoughtfully-curated recipes. “I spent an entire evening testing the recipe with him making 75 momos and chatting away! They were imperfectly sealed, but […]
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With titles on A collection ongender and bodies, and upcoming and picture book biographies, story cards in the offing, there is a lot in store at Pratham Books’ digital platform, StoryWeaver, is expanding the horizons of reading Source link
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Veteran architect Ramu Katakam’s new memoir goes behind his unusual childhood, his design influences, and his sensitive, sustainable designs Veteran architect Ramu Katakam’s new memoir goes behind his unusual childhood, his design influences, and his sensitive, sustainable designs Ramu Katakam’s autobiography, Spaces in Time: A Life in Architecture, is as free-wheeling as his life. An […]
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Shoba Tharoor Srinivasan was not sure whether she wanted to write a book when she was requested by Penguin to write a biography of her mother, Lily Tharoor. “True, my mother has led an unusual and fascinating life. Even at the age of 80 she renewed her driving license and drove her car until just […]
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