On Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India, and other books about cultural heritage

[ From my Forbes Life column ] As a film buff, I am often appalled by how much neglect or apathy there is when it comes to India’s cinemat...

How sci-fi cuts us down to size (and shows us what we can be)

[ From my Forbes Life book column ] It takes a while to figure out exactly what Isaac Asimov’s “Does a Bee Care?” is about – short though th...

Quotes from the bestseller machine

[ My latest Forbes Life column, with selections from the "Craft of the Bestseller" session I moderated at JLF this January ] If yo...

Little grown-ups, and other misfits

[ Did this for my Forbes Life books column – around the time I was part of the jury for the children’s fiction prize at the Goodbooks Awards...

Darkness in pictures

[ My latest Forbes Life column. Earlier columns are here ] When I think of the graphic novels I have read – especially the ones with dark su...