Book Review: How the Zebra Got its Stripes: And Other Darwinian Just So Stories
How the Zebra Got its Stripes And Other Darwinian Just So Stories
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Caustic News
Sarcastic | Objective | Incisive
Caustic News
Sarcastic | Objective | Incisive
Author: Vikas Datta
Book Review: Love Voltaire Us Apart – A Philosopher’s Guide to Relationships
Book Review: Love Voltaire Us Apart – A Philosopher’s Guide to Relationships
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India’s Wars: A Military History – Book Review
India’s Wars: A Military History – The narrative is superlative, the judgements are debatable
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The mystique of Marilyn Monroe – and the reality (June 1 is Marilyn Monroe’s 90th Birth Anniversary)
Marilyn Monroe, whose 90th birth anniversary falls on Wednesday, represents the limitations of fame in ensuring happiness and a sense of belonging.
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India and Iran: A long language link
India and Iran’s friendship is as “as old as history”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tehran on Monday, emphasising the social connections
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The Hunting of the Snark – Lewis Carroll
The Hunting of the Snark (1876) is among Lewis Carroll’s lesser-known works but no less ingenious for it displays its forte at poetry
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space – Hearing whispers across the cosmos: LIGO’s inside story
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The New Spymasters – Book Review
The New Spymasters – discovery of a spy operation can “trigger diplomatic rows, sow discord, and, at worst, be a pretext for war
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No Freudian slip this! The psychoanalyst’s literary forays
Sigmund Freud dealt with people, not the laws of the natural world, and that too as individuals, not as economic classes
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The Man With the Golden Typewriter – Book Review
The Man With the Golden Typewriter – For Your Eyes Only? James Bond’s creation and development in letters
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