V Raghunathan: 3 books

Life mimics a marathon more than it does a sprint Obvious as that may appear, as proud and ambitious parents, we often push our children to excel in ways that may help them achieve some early successes - but may sap their stamina to endure the more difficult challenges which life may throw at them....

Balan, growing up in the small cantonment towns of Ambala and Jammu in the 1960s, is the son of a junior army officer. His is a packed life, with tough schoolmasters, homework and games with playmates to keep him busy. And, above it all, is the strange species called adults, who have a curious understanding...

A wise man once said that half of life is showing up - and the other half is waiting in line. In a nation of a billion people, there's no escaping queues. We find ourselves in one every day - whether to board a flight, for a darshan at Tirupati or, if we are less fortunate, to fetch water from municipal...