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Teja Lele

Teja Lele

Articles by Teja Lele

The world can’t get enough of Panem

Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy in Sunrise on the Reaping (Courtesy Lionsgate)

Updated on Aug 19, 2026 07:46 IST

Remembering the American who built Baroda’s library network

Central Library, Vadodara (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Aug 12, 2026 13:11 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

Agatha Christie’s most overlooked detectives

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

Updated on Jul 29, 2026 13:58 IST

In the Welsh town that became a City of Literature

A view of Aberystwyth (Courtesy Visit Wales)

Updated on Jul 10, 2026 09:43 IST

Reading the world: On destination book clubs

Istanbul (Courtesy Expedia)

Updated on Jul 1, 2026 16:45 IST

Where books meet brewing history in Zurich

The library at the B2 Boutique Hotel (Das Bild)

Updated on May 21, 2026 11:40 IST

In Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon Avon

Shakespeare’s childhood home in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon. (Courtesy Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)

Updated on Apr 28, 2026 10:49 IST

A visit to Maastricht’s cathedral of books

Boekhandel Dominicanen voted the Most Beautiful Bookstore in the World for 2025 (Courtesy Visit Maastricht)

Updated on Apr 15, 2026 16:02 IST

In Tolkien’s footsteps: The English landscapes that inspired Middle-earth

Chedder Gorge in Somerset, UK (Courtesy Visit Bath)

Updated on Mar 25, 2026 10:35 IST

The woman rewriting Australian history, one walk at a time

Australian author and historian Sita Sargeant. (Martin Ollman)

Updated on Mar 12, 2026 02:43 IST

Where words rest: Inside Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey has hosted coronations since 1066 and is home to the graves of monarchs, statesmen, scientists, and of course, great writers. (Courtesy Westminster Abbey)

Updated on Feb 24, 2026 12:21 IST

HT reviewer Teja Lele picks her favourite read of 2025

“Little about the real Jane Boleyn survives, but Gregory writes her as a woman defined by intellect, instinct, and ambition.She is a sharp observer, a quiet strategist determined to outthink a court ‘filled with wolves’.” (HarperCollins)

Updated on Dec 19, 2025 11:59 IST

Budapest for booklovers

The Ervin Szabo Metropolitan Library in Budapest (Courtesy We Love Budapest)

Updated on Dec 10, 2025 06:57 IST

Geoffrey Chaucer's ‘The Canterbury Tales’ and so much more

Aerial view of Canterbury Cathedral in Kent (VisitBritain/Robin Creative Medi)

Updated on Nov 27, 2025 24:49 IST

Zurich: A literary capital of exiles and experiments

A view of Zurich (Courtesy Zurich Tourism)

Updated on Nov 10, 2025 18:30 IST

Keats at 230: A short life, an endless legacy

A UK postal stamp from 1971. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 28, 2025 12:36 IST

All aboard: Inside Britain’s beloved second-hand bookshop

The arched halls of Barter Books are packed with shelves carrying more than 350,000 titles. (Courtesy Barter Books)

Updated on Oct 17, 2025 17:45 IST

Devoney Looser: “It’s the right time to make the case for Austen’s wild side”

Author Devoney Looser

Updated on Sep 26, 2025 03:43 IST

In Dylan Thomas’s Mousehole, ‘the loveliest village in England’

A view of the harbour at Mousehole (Visit Cornwall)

Updated on Sep 10, 2025 17:54 IST

Sleep among the Stacks: The literary lure of Gladstone’s Library

Gladstone’s Library (Courtesy Visit Wales)

Updated on Sep 1, 2025 16:18 IST

Creaky floors and literary treasures: Inside Baldwin’s Book Barn

Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (Courtesy the bookstore)

Updated on Aug 6, 2025 15:38 IST

Philadelphia; a city that reads between the lines

The Philadelphia skyline (Photo by J. Ryan for the PHLCVB)

Updated on Jul 8, 2025 10:09 IST

Pooja Bavishi: “The book is about celebrating the flavours of South Asia”

Pooja Bavishi at her Philadelphia ice cream parlour (Courtesy Malai / Morgan Ione Photography)

Updated on Jun 25, 2025 12:04 IST

Bookmark your calendar: Explore the best literature festivals in the UK

The UK plays host to many top-class literary festivals through the year. (Courtesy Cheltenham Literature Festival)

Updated on May 20, 2025 08:59 IST

Eliot Stein: “We’re becoming a more homogenous species”

Author Eliot Stein (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 10:38 IST

Taking the Tolkien trail in Birmingham

Birmingham today. (Visit Birmingham)

Updated on Apr 16, 2025 05:08 IST

Hamlet’s home in Denmark

Kronborg Castle (Wonderful Copenhagen. )

Updated on Mar 26, 2025 11:51 IST

Emily Dickinson at work at home

Daguerreotype of Emily Dickenson dated around 1847. (Amherst College Archives & Special Collections)

Updated on Mar 6, 2025 10:05 IST

Walking in Bridget Jones’s footsteps

Hugh Grant and Renée Zellweger in ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’. (Film still)

Updated on Feb 14, 2025 07:04 IST

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