Unlike Doniger’s previous book, “The Hindus,” which notched up over 1000 pages, her latest offering is a slim 184-pager. Every page is rich in insights and Doniger’s characteristic wit, as she ...

War is a constant, but as long as mankind continues to wage it, there are those who will find ways to get down, while shit goes down. So why not create a repository of knowledge for all that ...

When it comes to what people choose to read on the morning commute, we at the Book Bench try not to judge. We're lovers of all kinds of books—high-brow, low-brow, fiction, non-fiction, mystery, memoir ...

Everyone knows the “Kamasutra” is ancient India’s racy sex manual. The title conjures titillating visions of erotic frescos in which regal maharajas with outsized genitals cavort with naked bejeweled ...