India, Aug. 19 -- Fifteen years after Katniss Everdeen walked out of the arena, readers are still walking back into Panem. When Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins's latest return to her dystopia... Read More
India, Aug. 12 -- Long before the rest of India had even begun to imagine a modern public library system, the princely state of Baroda (now Vadodara) was already in the middle of a quiet revolution. I... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- As an army kid, summer holidays rarely meant choosing between beaches and mountains. The road usually led to two places-maternal or paternal grandparents' home-where cousins, long... Read More
India, Aug. 4 -- I notice the books before I notice the man. They don't sit shoulder to shoulder in long rows of spines. Every cover faces out, an unusual way to arrange a bookstore. But Jake Reiss h... Read More
New Delhi, July 30 -- Scotland is known for whisky, salmon, shortbread, and haggis, a savoury pudding made of sheep's offal, mixed with oats, suet, onion, and spices. In Glasgow, though, curry belongs... Read More
India, July 29 -- "Tommy, old thing!" "Tuppence, old bean!" A chance meeting on a London Tube platform sets the stage for one of Agatha Christie's most enduring detective partnerships. Thomas Beresf... Read More
New Delhi, July 12 -- "Alright?" An ordinary question, asked in perfectly ordinary circumstances. But I hesitated. Years of travelling through Britain have taught me to hear those two words differentl... Read More
India, July 10 -- I planned a family trip to Wales because of a bridge. I had seen Devil's Bridge in a brooding Welsh-language crime drama: dark, atmospheric, wrapped in mist. Three ancient bridges s... Read More
New Delhi, July 4 -- Southerners love a bit of everything when it comes to their food-spicy, smoky, sweet, layered. "Our cuisine is not just food, but it's history you can taste," chef Ross Dover tell... Read More
New Delhi, June 21 -- The speedboat sluices through waters so blue they look almost unreal, as if the Adriatic has been turned up a shade too high. We leave behind Our Lady of the Rocks and St George'... Read More