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Lamat R Hasan

Lamat R Hasan

Articles by Lamat R Hasan

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

Review: For No Reason At All by Ramjee Chandran

The inner circle of Connaught Place, New Delhi, on 02 January 1985. (HT Photo by Santosh Gupta.)

Updated on Jun 2, 2026 14:14 IST

HT reviewer Lamat R Hasan picks her favourite read of 2025

“Al-Marzuban asserts a dog is more compassionate towards its owner than a father is to his son, or a brother to his sibling. A dog never falls short in this duty, even if it is treated harshly, nor does it abandon his family, even if it is abandoned, often staying by the grave of its owner until it dies.” (Aris & Phillips, 1978)

Updated on Dec 19, 2025 11:50 IST

Review: The Oracle of Hate by Hamza Jalil Albasit

The novel is set in Karachi as general elections draw near. (Syed Zargham/Getty Images)

Updated on Dec 12, 2025 23:34 IST

Review: The Last Dragoners of Bowbazaar by Indra Das

Saint George and the Dragon (1505) by Raphael. In the novel, Ru’s parents tell him they are descendents of St George. (Getty Images)

Updated on Oct 24, 2025 22:46 IST

Review: Happiness Happens by Robin Singh

Robin Singh, author of Happiness Happens (Pic courtesy subject’s Instagram page @locaterobin)

Updated on Oct 16, 2025 08:16 IST

Review: One and Three Quarters by Shrikant Bojewar

This could be Langdya’s village: A hamlet in Raigad, Maharashtra. (Raju Shinde)

Updated on Aug 15, 2025 22:16 IST

Barking up the wrong tree

Children playing with street dogs in New Delhi. (Arun Sharma/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Aug 13, 2025 12:11 IST

Review: Widows; A Global History by Mineke Schipper

Widows in Vrindavan celebrating Diwali on the banks of the Yamuna. (Rajeev Tyagi / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 17, 2025 10:03 IST

Review: The Viceroy’s Artist by Anindyo Roy

Painting titled ‘Kinchinjunga from Darjeeling' (1877) painted by Edward Lear. (Getty Images)

Updated on Apr 19, 2025 01:09 IST

Review: Aunties of Vasant Kunj by Anuradha Marwah

DDA flats in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. (S.Burmaula / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 20, 2025 06:43 IST

Review: A Touch of Salt by Anita Agnihotri

The salt makers of the Rann of Kutch (Shutterstock)

Updated on Mar 5, 2025 14:00 IST

Review: Island by Sujit Saraf

Satellite image of North Sentinel Island, one of the Andaman Islands. A protected area, it is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous tribe in voluntary isolation. (DigitalGlobe/Getty Images)

Updated on Jan 3, 2025 12:05 IST

HR reviewer Lamat R Hasan picks her favourite read of 2024

Barkatullah Bhopali, the forgotten revolutionary: “Both Irfan and Husaini dwell on Barkatullah’s extensive travels – right from the time he was forced to leave India in the 1880s. He lived in London before moving to New York, where he could take on the British more freely. He launched a barrage of articles and speeches condemning British policies, and stressed the need for Hindu-Muslim unity during the freedom struggle.” (Rekhta)

Updated on Dec 20, 2024 06:58 IST

Review: Vampire by Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai

Violence lurking in the shadows (Shutterstock)

Updated on Dec 13, 2024 23:52 IST

Review: The Black Orphan by S Hussain Zaidi

Part of a damaged helicopter seen lying near the compound after US Navy SEAL commandos killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. The back story of the protagonist in The Black Orphan includes his secret involvement in the operation. (HT Archive)

Updated on Nov 28, 2024 12:57 IST

Review: She & I by Imayam, translated by D Venkataramanan

A street in a small town in Tamil Nadu (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 18, 2024 14:39 IST

Of canines, crackers and compassion fatigue

Two Indian wonders in one picture (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 16, 2024 10:39 IST

Review: Biopeculiar by Gigi Ganguly

A murmuration of starlings at sunset. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Sep 28, 2024 24:22 IST

Review: The Politician Redux by Devesh Verma

The bungalow of Ram Mohan’s dreams? (HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 13, 2024 23:54 IST

Review: Vazhga Vazhga and Other Stories by Imayam

Rural women in Tamil Nadu: Imayam’s stories are about the lives of common people. (CRS PHOTO / Shutterstock)

Updated on Sep 3, 2024 12:58 IST

Review: Snakes, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll by Romulus Whitaker with Janaki Lenin

Romulus Whitaker, aged 27, presses the head of a deadly cobra in order to extract its venom, at his farm in Tambaram, Madras, in a photograph dated November 11, 1970. (Bettmann Archive)

Updated on Aug 3, 2024 24:20 IST

Interview: Reem Bassiouney, author, Al Halwani; The Fatimid Trilogy

Author Reem Bassiouney (Nadia Bonini)

Updated on Jul 12, 2024 14:35 IST

Rescuing animal doctors

A vet at work. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jul 3, 2024 15:23 IST

Review: Bullets and Bylines by Shyam Bhatia

Afghan Mujahideen fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan during the 1980s. The invasion started on December 25, 1979. This photograph was taken in Asmar in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. (Pascal Manoukian/Sygma via Getty Images)

Updated on May 31, 2024 17:15 IST

Review: Journeying with India; Memoirs of a Civil Servant by YN Varma

As YN Varma’s memoir suggests, Indian and British officers working together in colonial institutions weren’t always at ease with one another. But that's not evident in photographs like this one of Indian Railways officers at the headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway in Bombay in 1930. (SSPL via Getty Images)

Updated on Apr 26, 2024 23:34 IST

Review: Notes on a Marriage: A Novel by Selma Carvalho

Staring into the distance, together; A sculpture by Lynn Chadwick at Canary Wharf, London. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Mar 23, 2024 24:30 IST

Essay: Stray dogs and the curse of anthroparchal logic

Mumbai, India - May 26, 2022: A dog lover feeds kulfi to a street dog in the afternoon during the hot summer at Bandra, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, May 26, 2022. (Photo by Vijay Bate/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 26, 2024 16:38 IST

Review: The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella

The elephant in the pool (Shutterstock)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 02:41 IST

HT reviewer Lamat R Hasan picks her favourite read of 2023

Local histories of little-known provinces and sketches of its people are fascinating but hard to come by (Courtesy Lamat R Hasan)

Updated on Dec 22, 2023 14:10 IST

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