If the US president is the world's most powerful leader, his secretary of state (or foreign minister) is a close second though maybe not as well-known. Of the 68 secretaries since 1790, few are recognised names - even in America - though six, right from the very first (Thomas Jefferson), went on t...
Although not a newcomer to auction houses, Tintin, the immortal comic book-turned-cartoon character, topped bidding prices in March on works exhibited in Christie's and Sotheby's auction houses....
Pakistani author Ali Akbar Natiq has irked many people, including religious authorities with his writings that highlight the yawing class divide in their society and challenge blind devotion of religious ideas. A slice of this stinging reality has reached Indian audiences through an anthology of short-stories....
Be it practical, straightforward advice to improve your work conditions or a few business tools you should know to succeed. IANS Books this Weekend is determined to give you a heavy dose of advice. Take a look:...
Ashish Ray attempts a dispassionate appraisal of the rise, fall and re-rise of Indian cricket in the one-day realm - a saga one cannot ignore, for with it has increasingly since 1983 been inextricably linked the financial fortunes of world cricket....
A young girl from Jammu and Kashmir is reviving numdah, the popular rug-making technique, a man from Coimbatore has created a machine that can make cheap but good-quality sanitary napkins, a social enterprise in Gurgaon is revolutionising the domestic housekeeping sector....
Many enduring human achievements are ventures which did not turn out as planned and literature is no exception. A newly-married, not very established author, spending his honeymoon boating on the Thames, started to write a serious travel guide but ended up with a comic novel due to his matchless ability for rib-tickling present...
Goa and alcohol have a complex equation, but there could be a lot of misunderstanding over this, a new book published on the subject suggests....
An unlikely friendship, a world full of witches and pirate girls and powerful business entrepreneurs. There is no common thread tying these themes together, but each book in the IANS book stack this weekend has an interesting tale to tell its own way. Take a look....
Narendra Modi may well have taken a cue from the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, when he decided to address the nation over radio in talks titled "Mann ki Baat". During the 17 years he held office, Nehru did that too - by writing regularly to the chief ministers. But these letters were for the nation, each exposing his views on a variety of sub...
