Vikas Datta, Author at Caustic News

Curvology – Book Review

Curvology – humans are the “only species in existence with curvy females, and this bizarre uniqueness demands an explanation”

What did Karl Marx actually propose, did it have any worth and more importantly, does it it still relevant in our times?

Title: The Karachi Deception – Novel about a desperate mission by Indian commandos to eliminate a wanted underworld don in Karachi

Shanghai Redemption – A country may be democratic or authoritarian, but the regime will always maintain influence, covert at least, on Police

In New Songs of the Survivors, a school teacher-turned-counsellor, Ezdani, who herself was born in and lived in Burma, writes about Indians in Burma.

An acclaimed Urdu poet in his time, Asr was one with extensive knowledge of other poetic traditions, which he also translated into Urdu

Gangster Warlords – these gangsters are no less than IS and Taliban, in capacity for unconscionable, gratuitous and indiscriminate violence

Shammi Kapoor – The Game Changer – If Shammi Kapoor’s life was presented on celluloid, it would quite be like one of his iconic films

Vikas Datta writes about John Masters and his ‘Savage’ view of Indian history

Review – The Silk Roads – A New History of the World; Author: Peter Frankopan; Publisher: Bloomsbury