By Vikas Datta Title: Love Voltaire Us Apart – A Philosopher’s Guide to Relationships; Author: Julia Edelman (illustrated by Hallie Bateman); Publisher: Icon Books; Pages: 155. It is inexplicable, irresistible, makes the world go around, but its course may never run smooth. Falling in love with someone, somewhere, sometime is inevitable and so is some […]
Packed with high adventure, intrigue and speculation, the Battle for Skeptron: The First Uncovering is the first book in the eye-opening fantasy/sci-fi trilogy by Australian writing sensation and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Champion, R.D. Gennari. In the Battle of Skeptron we meet Areus, a young and content wrestler of Torian race, who faces a perilous quest […]
By Mousumi Ghose She is loved every night a thousand times, Thrown away in the morning. .. Like a rotten fruit or, An empty basin. Her velvet berth is painted red, Yet she longs for that pristine white bed…. Ruffled with her passion And fragrant from her lover’s breath. Before she can respond. … They […]
CRY‘s campaign “Right to School” to ensure 2,71,341 children across CRY-supported projects not only go to school but also complete their education. Parents of children in Nagfena, a small village situated in the Bolangir distrisct in Odisha, India, had to pray for their children’s safety every time they attended the government primary school. The school, […]
By Vishal Gulati Ladakh — once the hub of the ancient Silk Route — is aptly described as a place where Buddhist spirituality and its ancient culture reign supreme amidst virgin nature. It’s a cold desert in northern India, dotted by tiny hamlets spread over the Himalayan peaks adjoining Tibet, where one can simultaneously have […]
By Nidhi Kumari Prerna Bakshi, a writer, poet and activist of Indian origin from Australia, a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of the recently released full-length poetry collection, Burnt Rotis, With Love, long-listed for the 2015 Erbacce-Press Poetry Award in the UK, gets candid in an exclusive interview with Indus Age. “Burnt Rotis, with love” a title good enough […]
By Sanjay B Jumaani All eyes are on the outcome of the 58th US Presidential elections; many have asked us to predict what lies in store for the most ‘Powerful’ country in the world. What do their Numbers depict? Will it be Donald who will blow his ‘Trump’et? Or Hillary have the last, hilarious laugh? […]
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party: An Inside Look Author: Pran Kurup Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 133 Two things stand out in the book. One, author Pran Kurup does not hide his adoration for Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister and head of India’s youngest political outfit, the Aam Aadmi […]
By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi On a hot summer day 11 years ago, 16-year-old Laxmi was passing by the Khan Market bus stand in central Delhi when a spurned lover threw acid on her – leaving her in excruciating pain. After seven surgeries – last one being the most critical – she is a […]
At the start of a new school year, thousands of year 11 students across Australia will have to make a choice about which school-leaving pathway to take; the world-renowned International Baccalaureate or the local HSC? Both courses qualify students to graduate high school, yet each in very different ways. The International Baccalaureate (IB) was founded […]