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Dad always said I should be a writer: Twinkle Khanna

Dad always said I should be a writer: Twinkle Khanna

17 April 2017 8:43 AM GMT
Twinkle Khanna is now popular among fans for her books and satirical columns and she says her father always knew about her hidden talent.
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Back to the future

Back to the future

2 Jun 2012 12:00 AM GMT
Books on Indian history and mythology are the flavour of the day.It was a magical time. The euphoria of independence was lingering on and television...
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Extravagance feeding off adversities
"Thomas Manuel’s Opium Inc." | Extravagance feeding off adversities

Author: Thomas Manuel

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 595

Opium Inc: How A Global Drug Trade Funded the British Empire’ is not just a magnum opus on opium,...

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On that frightful day
"Jallianwala Bagh" | On that frightful day

Author: VN Datta

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

Before Dyer’s arrival, eight speakers, including Abdul Aziz, Dr Gurbax Rai and Rai Ram Singh, had...

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Tormented history
"Bangladesh, The Price of Freedom" | Tormented history

Author: Raghu Rai

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 1495

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Musicians of Mayhem
"Escaped : True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London" | Musicians of Mayhem

Author: Danish Khan and Ruhi Khan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

The rift between Nadeem and Gulshan was no secret. The cassette king and the reigning musical czars...

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An unvarnished account
"Life in American Politics & Diplomatic Years in India" | An unvarnished account

Author: Richard Celeste

Publisher: Har-Anand Publications

Price: 995

At five am on Wednesday, March 6th, 1985 my phone rang. I picked up immediately. “Governor,” Marvin...

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For a greater good
"Bike Ambulance Dada" | For a greater good

Author: Biswajit Jha

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 250

Now that Karimul had a bike, he was no longer dependent on his cycle to ferry a patient. The bike...

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First signs of trouble
"The Banker Who Crushed His Diamonds" | First signs of trouble

Author: Furquan Moharkan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 350

In September 1957, a Punjabi family in Delhi was blessed with a baby boy—a boy who would go on to...

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On a formidable pulpit
"By Many a Happy Accident" | On a formidable pulpit

Author: M. Hamid Ansari

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 795

Roger Sherman, a founding father of the American Constitution, had observed that ‘if the vice...

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Wakeup call
"Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response" | Wakeup call

Author: J.V.R. Prasada Rao

Publisher: Notion Press

Price: 600

The book ‘Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response’ traces the...

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Path-breaking decisions
"The Presidential Years: 2012-2017" | Path-breaking decisions

Author: Pranab Mukherjee

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 695

The internal process of decision-making varies from government to government, and PM Modi has...

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Of light and darkness
"The Long Shadows of Life" | Of light and darkness

Author: Ramin Jahanbegloo

Publisher: HarAnand

Price: 495

The Long Shadows of Life is a collection of seventy-one poems of, an Iranian-Canadian philosopher,...

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Politics of citizenship
"ON CITIZENSHIP" | Politics of citizenship

Author: N Ram, Romila Thapar, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

India might have awakened to ‘life and freedom’ at the stroke of the midnight hour separating 14...

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An emotional roller-coaster you can’t miss

"Laal Singh Chaddha" | An emotional roller-coaster you can’t miss

Director: Advait Chandan

Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Mona Singh

Aamir Khan is a master at capturing audiences’ hearts and his latest film, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ is a...

Unravelling the dark side of cyber world

"Intimacy" | Unravelling the dark side of cyber world

Director: Jorge Torregrossa, Ben Gutteridge, Marta Font, Koldo Almandoz

Star Cast: Itziar Ituno, Patricia Lopez Arnaiz, Veronica Echegui

Privacy is desired by every individual especially in the times when internet has brought us closer...

A carnival of violent instincts

"Carnage" | A carnival of violent instincts

Director: Roman Polanski

Star Cast: Tom Hardy, Eddie Brock

French playwright, actress and novelist, Yasmina Reza, well known for her satirical plays on the...

A face-off between desi avengers and the evils of society

"Satyameva Jayate 2" | A face-off between desi avengers and the evils of society

Director: Milap Zaveri

Star Cast: John Abraham, Divya Khosla Kumar, Harsh Chhaya, Gautami Kapoor

Punches, bloody spits, lifting heavy things like a mighty superhero and moments that evoke patriotic...

A rare gift in the end!

"Amour" | A rare gift in the end!

Director: Michael Haneke

Star Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva

An aged couple, living life in perfect harmony senses trouble when one of them falls sick. Yet...

The personal is political

"A Thousand Times Good Night" | The personal is political

Director: Erik Poppe

Star Cast:

Leaving you is a thousand times worse than being near you, says Shakespeare’s Romeo. So, returning...

Recounting Human Vulnerabilities

"Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" | Recounting Human Vulnerabilities

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Star Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel

Perched on top of a hill, the camera covers a wide range of valleys and mountains of Anatolia at...

Deep feeling of kinship!

"A Separation" | Deep feeling of kinship!

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Star Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Sarina Farhadi

Some overblown American political rhetoric represents Iran as a rogue, nuclear war-mongering Islamic...

A gripping tale of courage and survival

"MUMBAI DIARIES" | A gripping tale of courage and survival

Director: Nikhil Advani

Star Cast: Mohit Raina, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shreya Dhanwanthary

November 26, 2008, is the date no Indian can ever forget. The deadly terrorist attack on the...

An alternative to human love?

"HER" | An alternative to human love?

Director: Spike Jonzes

Star Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams

Perhaps the days are not far away when people profess love for his Operating System. But what if the...

Heaviness of a soul?

"21 Grams" | Heaviness of a soul?

Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Star Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston

A human body loses 21 grams of weight at the moment of death’ - the inference was drawn from a...

The turmoil of preachy courtroom game

"Chehre" | The turmoil of preachy courtroom game

Director: Rumi Jaffery

Star Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Amitabh Bachchan, Annu Kapoor, Dhritiman Chatterjee

After much delay due to COVID-19, Rumi Jaffery’s latest directorial ‘Chehre’ finally got released in...

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