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HT Picks; New Reads

Published on Aug 14, 2026 21:36 IST

On the reading list this week is a book on a rebel begam, a contemporary translation of the Gita Govinda, and a volume on the undersea cables that connect the world (Amit Sharma)

Tishani Doshi: ‘Writing a poem can be a hugely optimistic act’

Poet Tishani Doshi (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Aug 14, 2026 21:34 IST

Review: Unfolding by Rahul Singh

People at a bathing ghat along the Hooghly River in Kolkata. (Sudipta Das/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Published on Aug 14, 2026 21:32 IST

Review: The Corpse Collector by Vinu P and Niyas Kareem

Vinu P, the man who assists police in Kerala to recover dead bodies. (Courtesy Juggernaut)

Published on Aug 14, 2026 21:30 IST

Review: Al-Qata’i; Ibn Tulun’s City Without Walls by Reem Bassiouney

A market in Cairo (Shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 14, 2026 08:53 IST

Report: Malhar and the Sea 2026

Ustad Shujaat Khan in performance (Courtesy Malhar and the Sea)

Updated on Aug 14, 2026 08:55 IST

Review: Era of India by Minhaz Merchant

The rise of an economic power (Shutterstock)

Published on Aug 13, 2026 10:14 IST

Remembering the American who built Baroda’s library network

Central Library, Vadodara (Wikimedia Commons)

Published on Aug 12, 2026 13:11 IST

Sinéad Gleeson: “In fiction, you can do anything”

Irish author Sinead Gleeson (Courtesy Ubud Writers and Readers Festival)

Published on Aug 11, 2026 06:20 IST

Mayank Tewari: “The film industry is full of false gods”

Screenwriter Mayank Tewari (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Aug 10, 2026 21:34 IST

Book review | Innocence meets intolerance in a tale between kites and questions

The cover of Allah Miyan’s Workshop, written by Mohsin Khan and translated from Urdu to English by Maaz Bin Bilal.

htcity delhi junction

Updated on Aug 8, 2026 10:03 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book of poems on Hyderabad, a volume on Bastar’s past, and a novel set on a disputed planet. (Amit Sharma)

Published on Aug 7, 2026 21:32 IST

Pablo Cartaya: “I don’t mind getting teary eyed”

Author Pablo Cartaya (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Aug 7, 2026 21:30 IST

Review: When Birds Talked by Neha Negi

A Himalayan Monal (Shutterstock)

Published on Aug 7, 2026 17:29 IST

Review: A Woman of No Consequence by Kalpana Karunakaran

The long march to educational equality: girls going to school in Tamil Nadu, (Shutterstock)

Published on Aug 7, 2026 17:26 IST

Excerpt: All in a Flash; News photography in India by Binoo John

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Taj Mahal. Since Homai was working for the British Information Service she had access to the power elite and photographed all major events before and just after Independence. (Homai Vyarawalla/Alkazi Collection/1961)

Updated on Aug 7, 2026 09:42 IST

Review: Bhutan by Sudeep Sen and Ravi Shankar

The Punakha dzong in Bhutan. (Shutterstock)

Published on Aug 6, 2026 08:39 IST

Frankfurt between Goethe and Hoffman

Inside Goethe House (Veidehi Gite)

Updated on Aug 6, 2026 08:33 IST

Review: Repetition by Vigdis Hjorth

A picture of suffocation: A Norwegian living room of the 1970s recreated at the Oslo Bymuseum. (Shutterstock)

Published on Aug 5, 2026 09:10 IST

The Alabama bookseller who reads before he recommends

Jake Reiss at the Alabama Booksmith (Courtesy the Alabama Booksmith)

Updated on Aug 4, 2026 15:44 IST

Tenzin Tsundue: “If you don’t protest, you become a coward”

Tenzin Tsundue during his performance in Mumbai (Manasi Photography)

Updated on Aug 3, 2026 11:33 IST

Mystery, mastery and a tumultuous twist: Roger Ackroyd at 100

English detective novelist Agatha Christie. (Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Published on Aug 3, 2026 01:25 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads (Amit Sharma)

Published on Jul 31, 2026 16:56 IST

Yoshitoki Ōima: “It’s wonderful to see manga reach people everywhere”

Author Yoshitoki Oima (Courtesy Jaipur Literature Festival)

Published on Jul 31, 2026 16:46 IST

The making of a new Rahi Masoom Reza

Rahi Masoom Reza (Courtesy Mariyam Reza)

Published on Jul 31, 2026 16:44 IST

Review: Thinking of Winter byShantanu Naidu

Author Shantanu Naidu with Winter (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Jul 31, 2026 16:21 IST

Excerpt: Batanagar by Paramita Sen

A Bata store in India in 1939. (Courtesy Batanagar by Paramita Sen)

Published on Jul 31, 2026 04:55 IST

A taste of Japan plated with a side of books

The Wild Sakura in Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand (Arunima Mazumdar)

Updated on Jul 30, 2026 11:43 IST

Review: The Last Free Naga by Jim Wungramyao Kasom

Children participating in a festival in Ukhrul, Manipur. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jul 30, 2026 08:40 IST

Agatha Christie’s most overlooked detectives

Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan in Tommy & Tuppence (Courtesy Britbox)

Updated on Jul 29, 2026 13:58 IST

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