India's first Cricket World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev was the guest at Ek Mulakat Vishesh  organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and Shree Cement in December. From cricket to politics to social media, Kapil Dev played every ball like a true allrounder, in a candid conversation with Ehsaas Woman of Delhi Archana Dalmia. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings highlights 

The author delves into quintessential questions about how to manage life joyfully and the science of everything in his book

‘Bambino’, an English translation by Ankita Banerjee of Pratima Dhar’s Bengali book ‘Nabjatak’, is a collection of everyday yet unique stories, based on Bengali families.

Author Nasreen Munni Kabir was the guest at the "tête-à-tea" organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation. In the course of the conversation, Kabir spoke about her latest book In the Year of Sahir 2021 Diary which is based on poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts

Kolkata/NITN: Starmark, Kolkata’s popular destination for books and more, has spread out a Christmas fare to bring good cheer during this festive time.

Vienna/New Delhi: Berggasse 19 is Vienna’s most famous address as it was in this apartment that the secret of dreams was revealed to Dr Sigmund Freud on July 24, 1895.

New Delhi: A team of civil engineering students from Sona College of Technology won the Student Innovators award for developing their ‘Replast Pavers and Building Blocks’ project in a contest organized by Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute (EDII). 

Kolkata/NITN: Most states in India have seen a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in the post-festival period.

Kolkata/NITN: Union Minister ramdas Athawale earlier this week launched two Indian government schemes to promote employment generation and self-reliance, the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana and the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana. 

 Kolkata/New Delhi: With this year's deadly border skirmish and martyrdom of soldiers along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh still weighing heavily over every Indian, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday launched a book of veteran journalist and media entrepreneur Prem Prakash who had reported from the ground zero of India-China War in 1962 and had always debunked the Indian romanticism of a brotherly bond with its expansionist communist neighbour. 

Anil Mandhani talks about the emotions that every medical doctor goes through in the course of their profession and how he channelises those emotions into poetry

New Delhi/Kolkata/NITN: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday launched the official website of Kolkata-based Prabha Khaitan Foundation.

Author Jyotsna Mohan, who has worked for a national television news channel, has addressed the issues the kids of the present generation are facing in her latest book Stoned, Shamed, Depressed. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts of Mohan's interaction with senior journalist Nidhi Razdan over the book in the event Kitab hosted by Prabha Khaitan Foundation in association with Phulkari: Women of Amritsar and presented by Shree Cement.

It is the bond of love and care that makes a family is what Sanjamm Vijan wants to convey to children through her book.

What are words? Words are the source of strength, the weapon which one can use to liberate and heal; words are magical, they can cast a spell on anyone who encounters them.

Bharatnatyam dancer Geeta Chandran was the guest at Ek Mulakat Visesh organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement in late November. In the course of interaction, Chandran spoke about her dance, career and more. India Blooms brings excerpts

In his book ‘What is Divine Energy’, Vipin Gupta investigates the quintessential questions about how to manage life joyfully.

The book ‘Adopted by Santa’ written by Sanjamm Vijan is a fun and interesting read, primarily dedicated to children.

Techie and author Hamid Ansari, who was caught in Pakistan being accused of being an Indian spy, wrote about his ordeal and suffering days in the South Asian country in his book Hamid. In an interaction with senior journalist Nidhi Razdan at Kitab, an event organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement, in late November, Ansari bared his thoughts. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts

Jaipur/NITN: Lt Gen Alok Kler, PVSM, VSM, GOC-in-C, Southern Western Command, Indian Army, formally released the “Project Naman” - a National initiative of Shree Cement to provide free cement to the families of Armed Forces Personnel martyred in the past twenty years.

Congress Lok Sabha MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, launched his latest book The Battle of Belonging at a session of Kitab organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation. In an interaction with senior journalist Karan Thapar, Tharoor spoke about the idea of India and how it has been impacted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last six years of its rule. IBNS brings excerpts of the conversation