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Lessons from Bhopal

As we observe World Environment Day, it is crucial to remember that we can never undo the harm that took place in Bhopal but we can learn from that and avert future disasters

As Seagull Books turns 40, Naveen Kishore explains the world it encompasses

Breakfast with BS: Meet Naveen Kishore, founder, Seagull Books

Meet Geetanjali Shree, first Booker awardee for an Indian language

First Booker International awardee for an Indian language, Geetanjali Shree shines the light on many Partition writers through Tomb of Sand

Streamlining your 'monkey-mind'

The book is intellectually stimulating and pretty useful even on a practical level

Tales from the hills

The man from Landour who has written short stories, poems, novels, essays, and memoirs, turns 88 next week

A full stop in India

Jyoti Mukul's book is a welcome study of the economic and emotional impact of the government's decision to shut down transport links to contain transmission of Covid-19

Bollywood economics

Given the significance of music in Hindi films, it is not surprising that filmmakers chose to milk it for ideological reasons

A southern perspective of Indian history

With this expansive chronicle of South India between the sixth and 12 centuries, Anirudh Kanisetti seeks to challenge the North India-centric approach in textbooks and academia

Digital festivities

The flip side of virtual events is that one does not get to meet fellow attendees, make new friends, or be surprised by the discovery of authors and artists that one knew nothing about

Covid-19: The human factor

Barkha Dutt's book bears poignant witness to the stories of those who suffered during the two years of the pandemic

War, peace and an interfaith friendship

Bishop Andrus embarks on an ambitious and noble enterprise

Stories that inspire

Some of these people started companies from scratch, others expanded their family businesses

A teller of uneasy stories: I want to make honest films, says Onir

His latest film has run into a wall but Onir, the director who says it as it is, is forging on with projects on a subject less discussed

Building a think tank

Going by this book, the branches were quite active in organising debates

Batting for peace

Beyond the world of cricket, it is important to look at the contributions of India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra who won a gold medal at the recent Tokyo Olympics

Zohra Segal's many avatars

Ritu Menon compellingly captures how the versatile actor took on the many vicissitudes of a tumultuous life

Queer phobias

An academic studies tribal folktales through a queer lens to highlight how they speak out against colonial-era moral policing that, ironically, still prevails in contemporary India

Choosing to remember

Memorialising in order to prevent history from repeating itself sounds like an honourable intention, but the nature of memory is fraught with chaos

Think like a CFO

What the authors do offer is the valuable experience of being in six different masterclasses

In India, veganism is spawning a robust plant-based industry

Companies selling plant-based products are innovating and making available foods that are not part of any traditional Indian palette