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Steven Pinker is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, the author of several magnificent books about the human mind, and one of the most influential scientists on earth. He is also my friend, an occasional mentor, and an advisor to my nonprofit foundation, Project Reason.Steve's new book is The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Reviewing it for the New York Times Book Review, the philosopher Peter Singer called it "a supremely important book." I have no doubt that it is, and I very much look forward to reading it. In the meantime, Steve was kind enough to help produce a written interview for this blog.

Rejoicing in the world of a hand-held tome, we bring you a review of the book Trashures - that tells you never to underestimate the beauty of garbage!! Check out the review by India's well-known sculptor Arzan Khambatta…

Architect and Urbanist Rupali Gupte reviews the book "Incredible Treasures…" to find that whilst the book's contribution is important, it does not progress from the overly familiar stylistic narration. To read more of her insights,

Architect Nitin Killawala reviews Archohm's coffee-table book- Architecture & Attitude

Read what Mumbai's very own food stylist and food photographer Saba Gaziyani has to say about Jasper Udink ten Cate's book Creative Chef

I'm an admirer of Caitlin Flanagan's skills as a writer of prose, and I like that she likes to take on topics that others shy away from. But it's always bothered me that the Atlantic lets her write articles that, under guise of book reviewing or some such, make sweeping statements of social trends without any kind of empirical backing or even recognition of the possibility that assertions can be verified or not through data. Fortunately, for the first time ever this blog has an intern, Ryan McNeely, currently pursuing an MA at Princeton and conversant with research methods and facts in a way that Flanagan isn't. I asked him to poke around at her latest article which posits that very young teen girls are spearheading a cultural counterrevolution against a burgeoning hookup revolution. Not surprisingly, there seem to be some problems.