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Mayank Jain Parichha

Mayank Jain Parichha

Articles by Mayank Jain Parichha

Review: The Madhouse by Gyan Chaturvedi

A scene from Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936), which deals with dehumanisation in an industrial world. Almost a century later, the pressure to be ever productive hasn’t eased. (Film still)

Updated on Jul 16, 2026 09:09 IST

Review: Love Is Participation In Eternity by Udayan Vajpeyi

The reading life: The Asiatic Society library in Mumbai. (Hemant Padalkar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 08:26 IST

Review: The Good Reporter by Disha Mullick, Geeta Devi et al

The Khabar Lahariya home page

Updated on May 22, 2026 16:05 IST

Review: Begampur Se Dariyaganj by Yashwant Vyas

A stall at New Delhi Railway Station selling Hindi pulp fiction titles, among other books. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 21, 2026 10:34 IST

Review: Memoirs by Mannu Bhandari and Rajendra Yadav

From the family album: Mannu Bhandari and Rajendra Yadav with their daughter Rachna (Courtesy Rachna Yadav)

Updated on Mar 20, 2026 21:34 IST

Review: The Dead Fish by Rajkamal Choudhary

Manhattan in the 1960s. “Born in a village in the Saharsa district of Bihar, Rajkamal Choudhary, who never went to the United States, astonishingly created characters who walked the streets of Manhattan.” (Shutterstock)

Updated on Mar 4, 2026 13:56 IST

Review: The Master of Unfinished Things by Geet Chaturvedi

Hindi literature rarely features writing on cats. However, one of the pieces in this collection, Cat Years, is riveting. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 14, 2026 07:40 IST

Review: Courtesans Don’t Read Newspapers by Anil Yadav

A weaver in Varanasi. Anil Yadav’s short story, Lord Almighty, Grant Us Riots!, is about the suffering of Muslim weavers in Mominpur, a Varanasi ghetto. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Nov 20, 2025 12:56 IST

Indian tribal literature: working against the oblivion of ruthless time

Tribal women of Birbhum preparing for a performance as part of the Hul Utsav to commemorate the Santhal battle against the British in 1885. While writers like Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, author, The Adivasi Will Not Dance among other works, are prominent in the Indian English sphere, in general, Indian language literature has not been very inclusive. (Subhendu Ghosh/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Aug 22, 2025 11:24 IST

On the emerging generation of Hindi women writers

Geetanjali Shree’s international Booker win has given Hindi literature a shot in the arm and has also put the spotlight on women writing in the language. (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 23, 2026 13:50 IST

Review: A Bouquet of Dead Flowers by Swadesh Deepak

Swadesh Deepak’s play Court Martial as directed by Arvind Gaur in 2007. (Theatreactor/Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 12:02 IST

On Hindi pop fiction

Nilotpal Mrinal’s debut novel, Dark Horse, which won a Sahitya Akademi award, is set in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar. (Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 16:09 IST

Review: The Keeper of Desolation by Chandan Pandey

The author and the typist in the picture share a funereal attitude towards corporate life. ((Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images))

Updated on Aug 9, 2024 15:40 IST

Review: Who Killed Moosewala? by Jupinderjit Singh

Sidhu Moosewala performing at Crystal Palace in London on September 12, 2021. (Burak Cingi/Redferns)

Updated on Aug 4, 2023 16:53 IST

Review: Between Hope and Despair by Rajeev Bhargava

Inter caste violence in Saharanpur in May 2017. (Shankar Shukla/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 20, 2023 10:38 IST

Ret Ki Machli: An autobiographical novel that was conveniently forgotten

Ret Ki Machli: A tale of love, toxicity and infidelity (Shutterstock)

Updated on Feb 10, 2023 03:33 IST

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