Publisher: Srishti Publishers and Distributors Pages: 217 Price: Rs. 195 Set in the city of Kolkata, “In The Shadows of Death: A Detective Agni Mitra Thriller” is a fast-paced pot-boiler which hooks you and keeps you glued to the plot from the very beginning. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out as per the clues that the …

 Publisher: Portobello Books Pages: 240 Price: Rs.499 It may seem only a preoccupation of curious adolescents or a subject of adult male titillation, but the obsession over the female body is present throughout any modern society – magazine covers and advertisements are a good indication. But is a particular female form – curvy is the customary popular term – a …

Publisher: New Millennium Pages: 141 Price: £ 9.95 This is an autopsy of Joseph Rudyard Kipling, known to Indians in particular for “Kim” and the more lovable “Jungle Book” stories. Indian journalist Subhash Chopra says the Lahore-born English writer’s knowledge of India was half-baked and his love for India has been overstated. “Yet most of his admirers turn a blind eye to …

मुच्छड़ पान वाला (ब्रीच कैंडी) मूल रूप से इलाहाबाद, उत्तर प्रदेश से कई साल पहले इलाहाबाद के श्याम चरण तिवारी ने मुम्बई पहुंच कर एक जगह छोटी-सी पान की दुकान लगाई। आज वही मुम्बई की मशहूर मुच्छड़ शॉप स्थित है। उनके चार बेटे हैं और आगे उसके 11 बच्चे हैं। वे सभी 200 वर्ग फुट के मकान में सयुंक्त परिवार …

अहमदशाह अब्दाली नादिरशाह का सेनापति था। जब नादिरशाह से सन 1739 में मुहम्मशाह रंगीले के समय दिल्ली को लूटा तो उस समय अब्दाली भी उस के साथ था। नादिरशाह कोहनूर हीरा और तख़्तेताऊस के अलावा सत्तर करोड़ रुपए की कीमत के हिरेजवाहरात, सोनाचांदी लूट कर ले गया था, अफगान सरदार अब्दाली ने इस लूट को अपनी आंखों से देखा था, …

Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate’er he can, And looks …

Somebody said it couldn’t be done, But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing and he tackled the thing That couldn’t be …

Mario De Miranda — Mario Miranda (born: 2 May 1926 – Died: 11 December 2011) is a well-known Indian cartoonist based in Loutolim in the Indian state of Goa. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and Padma Shri in 1988. Miranda has been a regular with The Times of India and other newspapers in Mumbai, including The Economic …

Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was the first president of the American Federation of Labor, the first enduring national labor union. He served as president from 1886 until his death in 1924, except for a single year, 1895. Born in London, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 13, and worked as a cigar-maker. He became the leader of …

रूपया-पैसा हाथ की मैल होता है जो आज हमारे पास तो कल किसी और के पास लेकिन इसके अभाव में भौत‌िक जरूरते पूरी नहीं हो सकती। शास्त्रों में धन की देवी लक्ष्मी और देव कुबेर बताए गए हैं। इन्हें प्रसन्न करने से कभी धन का अभाव नहीं होता। शास्त्रों के अनुसार यह उपाय करने से मिलती है हरी-भरी जेब और …