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About the AuthorMeghna Pant
Meghna Pant is the award-winning author of The Trouble With Women (Juggernaut, 2016), Happy Birthday (Random House, 2013) and One And A Half Wife (Westland,2012). 
    The Lovers by Amitava Kumar Aleph, Rs 599Books
    Book review: Making fiction out of nothing at all

    The author is a great writer, of non-fiction. Sadly, his hold over what makes for good fiction is lacking.

    30 July 2017 2:38 AM IST

    Things to Leave Behind, by Namita Gokhale Penguin Random House India, Rs 305.Books
    The history of love

    It is this part of the novel that introduces us to the characters whose lives we will follow for the remainder.

    18 Jun 2017 5:25 AM IST

    When I Hit You or, a Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife by Meena Kandasamy Juggernaut, Rs 499.Books
    Decoding abuse, bruise by bruise

    The violence plays like the background score of a movie, present but not visible.

    11 Jun 2017 1:24 AM IST

    The Small-Town Sea by Anees Salim Penguin Random House, Rs 599.Books
    Book review: Where death plays like a broken record

    The problem with writing similar books so quickly together is that the Dickensian pathos Salim is trying to achieve is...

    21 May 2017 1:07 AM IST

    Students protesting against the discriminationOpinion
    Hey, shame on you man!

    The best library etiquette is to shut up and read, not implement arbitrary anti-women rules.

    12 Feb 2017 4:57 AM IST

    Students protesting against the discriminationOpinion
    Hey, shame on you man!

    The best library etiquette is to shut up and read, not implement arbitrary anti-women rules.

    12 Feb 2017 4:57 AM IST

    Record Store Day’s official ambassador this year is heavy metal band Metallica.Entertainment
    Rhythm house blues

    Another music retail outlet that bit the dust recently was Mumbai’s popular Rhythm House, which downed its...

    4 April 2016 3:29 AM IST

    What Happened Miss Simone , a documentary on Nina Simone.Entertainment
    Musicians of the past brought to life in documentaries

    Remembering the documentaries made last year that brought back to life lives cut short due to the musicians’...

    1 Feb 2016 5:47 AM IST

    The Beatles groupEntertainment
    Beatles streaming, but with glitch

    While the music of the Beatles has finally made it to streaming services at Christmas time 2015, which is indeed perfect...

    4 Jan 2016 4:50 AM IST

    The iconic Rhythm House at Kala Ghoda.Entertainment
    Sound of music retail turns silent

    Another one bites the dust or so it seems with news of Mumbai’s popular music retail outlet, Rhythm House, about...

    30 Nov 2015 6:40 AM IST

    Sir Elton John—APEntertainment
    Can social media salvage careers of yesteryear artistes

    The buzz word nowadays for utilising the Internet — or, if you prefer, “going online” — is...

    8 Oct 2013 12:18 AM IST

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