Books and Authors

Will you agree to be a spy to get a good story?

Subir Roy

THIS is the story of how an accomplished peripatetic newspaper correspondent journeys to the most troubled region of the world and unearths exclusive stories. And those stories become information for intelligence agencies. The correspondent inadvertently becomes a spy for his minders and delivers what they are looking for. Within this

The all-time mentor

Umesh Anand

Politicians are generally seen as being episodic and transactional. They move on easily and look back only when there is something in it for themselves. So, when a politician who prefers to be different comes along, it is worth sitting up and taking notice. Vijay Goel, a veteran of the

Punjab’s addiction anguish

The following is an edited extract from ‘Most of What You Know About Addiction is Wrong’ by Anirudh Kala, published by Speaking Tiger IT is a myth that the people of Punjab have latched on to drugs only in recent years from previously having been ascetically abstinent. An Indian publication