Synopsis: The Olympics are arguably the greatest sporting contest on the planet. Very few sporting events can claim to be as global as the summer Olympiad. Luciano Wernicke’s The Most Incredible Olympic Stories maps the breathtaking journey of this global event since time immemorial. Exploring both its humble beginnings and glory days, the book eulogizes Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli in 1934. He grew up in different parts of India, namely Jamnagar, Dehradun, New Delhi, and Shimla. Bond wrote his first book, The Room on the Roof, at the age of seventeen. The book got him the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He has Read more…

There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place. Joanne Kathleen Rowling, aka J. K. Rowling, the household name among fantasy writers, has exemplified her dictum by constantly transporting the readers to a realm of illusion, imagination, fancy and fiction. Growing up, I too have heard umpteen stories that fashioned the Read more…