India, Sept. 15 -- "Mrs Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September - a Thursday." The opening line of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd isn't dramatic. It is precise and factual. But when Agatha ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- For years, one assumption ruled when it came to specialty coffee: the world's best cafes existed in the world's best-known coffee cities, be it Melbourne, Tokyo, or Copenhagen. ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- I love a good Agatha Christie as much as anyone. I still return to the big ones-Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None, Death on the Nile-for their ingenious plot... Read More
India, Aug. 26 -- I was walking through downtown Mobile, Alabama, when I spotted The Haunted Book Shop. It was closed for the evening, but the name stayed with me. I went back the next morning and fou... Read More
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