The present is closely linked to the past. We bring you a list of books to know your country better this Independence Day. Some of these are vividly documented retellings of the past and some are fictional narratives set in the freedom movement
Waves of poetry – Bharatiyar’s years in Pondicherry
Subramania Bharati spent a decade in Pondicherry. This period also saw him come out with some of this most wonderful works
The J legacy – Remembering Jayalalithaa
J Jayalalithaa donned many roles in a life and even today. It will take quite some time to completely understand her rise to become the one whose destiny was intertwined with that of Tamil Nadu
Relief at last – stories of people helping Kerala stand again
Life in Kerala is limping back to normalcy. The torrential rains wreaked havoc in the last one month and soon the state began to sink as it received one of the heaviest rainfalls in the last eight decades. Efforts at various levels including the government, bureaucracy and civil society is slowly helping the state to... Continue Reading →