Starting with the fall of Prithviraj Chauhan, Madhulika Liddle’s book spans 200 years of Delhi as it chronicles the lives of two families of stone carvers who carry on their trade and attempt to ...

My all-time favourite novel is Von Ryan’s Express by David Westheimer and published in 1964, because of the edge of the seat experience that the book gives from beginning to end. Set in World War II, ...

A delay of a mere five minutes in reaching a ferry that would have carried her across the Brahmaputra alters Sana’s life in a way only she knows. She, the daughter of a paddy farmer in Assam. When ...

While she is a prolific writer of short fiction, food and travel, and classic cinema, Madhulika Liddle is best known for her books featuring the 17th-century Mughal detective Muzaffar Jang. Excerpts ...

January 24, 1556. The Mughal ruler Humayun has just died after tripping on the steps of his library. Famine is raging through the land, destroying the bodies and souls of all who must live through it, ...

Delhi may be known for its sweltering summers and chilly winters but the gardens in the capital offer a quick escape, holding close well-kept secrets. In a new book, Gardens of Delhi (Niyogi Books), ...

Somewhere in Madhulika Liddle lurks the ghost of Roald Dahl. The famous sting in the tale, so characteristic of the late British author’s short fiction, is a literary device she uses extensively in ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

India is fond of its festivals, no matter the faith or the land of their origin. And the people in this multicultural land have been discerning enough to indigenise the accompanying traditions. As ...

Written in a lucid style, this beautiful volume provides historical, architectural and horticultural details of 14 of the capital’s most popular parks Delhi may have been declared unlivable by those ...