Sudha G Tilak

Raghavan Srinivasan reclaims the Tamil Bhakti saints as radical poets who challenged caste, ritual authority and hierarchy through powerful Tamil verse

Yet Ms Kondo's book arrives into a different conversation than the one she helped start a decade ago

The book spotlights forgotten practices that reveal how Indian homes once embodied sustainability and balance. Mustard seed pillows that ease the body and offer better sleep for infants and adults

An eminently readable book by Carnatic music-loving corporate honcho, Kamini Dandapani, delves into the life and influence of Rajaraja Chola and why the 11th century ruler still has a cult following

V R Devika's biography of Muthulakshmi Reddy brings to life not just the story of India's first female student in a medical college. She was a trailblazer in many other ways

The hospital is your best tourism option for efficiency, tourist trappings be damned

This book by Nidhi Dugar Kundalia is about the "first people" or some of the aborigines of India she met and interviewed in the course of researching the book

Jayalalithaa was truly a lone empress loved fiercely by her party followers and loathed by her political adversaries

The book shows how MGR cultivated his cinematic image to become a cult hero in politics too

The book is fascinating for its portrayal of a significant period in world history with a Punjabi princess-turned-activist as its protagonist

The language in Cobalt Blue is mature and intimate, spoken from the heart of those who've lost their love