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Retail inflation at 5.09 pc in February, almost unchanged from January

Retail inflation at 5.09 pc in February, almost unchanged from January

12 March 2024 2:45 PM GMT
New Delhi: Retail inflation rate stayed almost flat at 5.09 per cent in February compared to the preceding month, according to official data released...
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Indias GDP to grow by 7.3 pc in 2023-24

India's GDP to grow by 7.3 pc in 2023-24

5 Jan 2024 1:41 PM GMT
New Delhi: The Indian economy is estimated to grow by 7.3 per cent in the 2023-24 fiscal against 7.2 per cent a year ago, mainly due to good show by...
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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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India’s irrepressible gadfly
"Rebels with a Cause" | India’s irrepressible gadfly

Author: TT Ram Mohan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

In early 2014, Arundhati Roy wrote a lengthy introduction to one of B.R. Ambedkar’s most powerful...

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Superhuman River : Stories of the Ganga
"River that yields gold" | Superhuman River : Stories of the Ganga

Author: Bidisha Banerjee

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

The unknown Bird in the cage... how does it fly in and out? —Lalon’s verse ‘Unknown Bird’ ...

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Storm in a teacup
"The Magnificent Diwan: The Life and Times of Sir Salar Jung I" | Storm in a teacup

Author: Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy

Publisher: Vintage Books

Price: 999

In March 1875, it was announced that Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales (who became Edward VII in...

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Journalism’s Future
"The Panama Papers" | Journalism’s Future

Author: Ritu Sarin, Jay Mazoomdaar , P. Vaidyanathan Iyer

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

‘‘...The next revolution will be digitized. Or perhaps it has already begun.” This is how John Doe...

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Exposing hostility
"The Windrush Betrayal" | Exposing hostility

Author: Amelia Gentleman

Publisher: Guardian Faber

Price: 1513

The story of The Empire Windrush ship which docked on the British shores in June 1948 with 492...

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POK: Battles with a broken boundary
"Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Politics, Parties and Personalities" | POK: Battles with a broken boundary

Author: Surinder Kumar Sharma, Yaqoob-ul-Hassan and Ashok K. Behuria

Publisher: Pentagon Press

Price: 1495

A major political aspect that has engaged the attention of the watchers of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir...

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Journalism in the time of Jallianwala
"Martyrdom To Freedom" | Journalism in the time of Jallianwala

Author: Rajesh Ramachandran

Publisher: Rupa

Price: 595

The Rowlatt Act, denounced as ‘Black Act’, was verily the trigger that led to the Jallianwala Bagh...

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Against all odds
"Surprise, Strategy and `Vijay: 20 Years of Kargil and Beyond" | Against all odds

Author: V K Ahluwalia and Narjit Singh

Publisher: Centre for Land Warfare Studies & Pentagon Press

Price: 1195

Lt Gen (Dr) VK Ahluwalia (Army Aviation Corps) and Col Narjit Singh (2nd Lancers/Armoured Corps)...

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Killers by Choice
"The Deadly Dozen" | Killers by Choice

Author: Anirban Bhattacharyya

Publisher: Penguin Random House

Price: 299

There is something understandably discomforting and yet eerily pleasurable in reading a book on...

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BRIDGING GENDER DISPARITY
"Sex-Selective Abortion and the State" | BRIDGING GENDER DISPARITY

Author: Bijayalaxmi Nanda

Publisher: Har-Anand Publication

Price: 795

Bijayalaxmi Nanda is a well-known academician in India who has worked extensively on women’s rights...

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A fun on the run

"Jumanji: The Next Level" | A fun on the run

Director: Jake Kasdan

Star Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart

The odd bunch is back again, in the oddest game you have known. Jumanji: The Next Level keeps things...

Good performances in a cursed plot

"Hexing" | Good performances in a cursed plot

Director: Christophe Lenoir

Star Cast: Dominique Swain, Ketan Anand, Emma Eliza Regan, Adam Weafer, Zeb Moore, Alicia Mairead Gerrad, Camille Solal, Nigel Mercier, Shane Robinson, Conor Marren, Michael Parle

It’s been a while that I saw Hexing, a horror-drama, and, seriously, even after vexing my grey...

An engaging sequel

"Maleficent" | An engaging sequel

Director: Joachim Ronning

Star Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil is the sequel to the 2014 released, dark fantasy adventure film,...

‘Kaafir’ derives power from its political undertones

"Kaafir" | ‘Kaafir’ derives power from its political undertones

Director: Sonam Nair

Star Cast: Dia Mirza, Mohit Raina

Kashmir and its blood-soaked political history renders itself well to cinematic treatment. It is to...

A splashy bore

"Student of the Year 2" | A splashy bore

Director: Punit Malhotra

Star Cast: Tiger Shroff, Aditya Seal, Ananya Panday, Tara Sutaria

In a film that runs on and on, almost as fast as its agile leading man, for nearly two and a half...

Brings the comic book to life

"Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse" | Brings the comic book to life

Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman; Voice

Star Cast: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Cage, Kathryn Hahn, Live Schreiber

For a series and a character that has been rebooted so many times on screen that it is almost...

Ehrenreich holds his stead as Han Solo

"“Solo: A Star Wars Story”" | Ehrenreich holds his stead as Han Solo

Director: Ron Howard

Star Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe-Waller Bridge, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt

Solo: A Star Wars Story is the second stand-alone installment, after the 2016 release Rogue One and...

Dramatic but fails to thrill

"‘7 Days in Entebbe’" | Dramatic but fails to thrill

Director: Jose Padilha

Star Cast: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Bruhl, Eddie Marsan, Lior Ashkenazi, Denis Menochet, Ben Schnetzer, Angel Bonanni, Nonso Anozie, Omar Berdouni, Mark Ivanir, Peter Sullivan, Ehab Bahous, Amir Khoury, Noof McEwan, Zina Zinchenko.

Based on events that occurred in 1976, “7 Days in Entebbe” is the recap of the daring Israeli...

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