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Meghan Markle to release children's book inspired by Prince Harry, son Archie
AP | , Los Angeles
PUBLISHED ON MAY 07, 2021 11:31 PM IST
- It is illustrated by award-winning illustrator Christian Robinson and Meghan will narrate the audiobook edition. The book features a diverse group of fathers and sons and moments they share, according to a statement announcing the release.
Review: The Politician by Devesh Verma
By Lamat R Hasan
PUBLISHED ON MAY 07, 2021 05:56 PM IST
Interview: Jeet Thayil, author, Names of the Women
By Simar Bhasin
PUBLISHED ON MAY 07, 2021 05:55 PM IST
The author’s new book tells the stories of fifteen women whose lives overlapped with the life of Christ. Here, he talks about how the marginalized are always left out because the story itself is usually told by majoritarian storytellers. Thayil believes this is true of the New Testament too and says he reread it to look for the women in the story
Review: No Land’s People: The Untold Story of Assam’s NRC Crisis by Abhishek Saha
By Thangkhanlal Ngaihte
PUBLISHED ON MAY 07, 2021 05:54 PM IST
No Land’s People shines a light on the sheer arbitrariness of the NRC judgments in Assam and the great suffering caused as a result
HT Picks; New Reads
By HT Team
UPDATED ON MAY 07, 2021 05:57 PM IST
This week’s list of interesting reads includes a document of the life of a musical legend, a novel that plays on the comic possibilities of possession, and a book that recounts what happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989
Review: One Drop of Blood: The Story of Karbala by Ismat Chughtai
By Lamat R Hasan
PUBLISHED ON MAY 06, 2021 05:10 PM IST
Ismat Chughtai’s last novel, a retelling of the legendary Battle of Karbala, fought in 680 AD, can also be read as a political allegory about the suppression of dissent
HT Picks; New Reads
By HT Team
PUBLISHED ON APR 30, 2021 04:39 PM IST
This week’s list of good reads includes a new volume of poetry, a book on a southern super star, and one on a mighty river
Review: The Hidden Garden - Mir Taqi Mir by Gopi Chand Narang
By Shafey Kidwai
PUBLISHED ON APR 30, 2021 04:37 PM IST
The Hidden Garden, a new book on Mir Taqi Mir, looks at the Urdu poet’s thematic variations and affirms the multisensory appeal of his ghazals
Interview: Ashok Ferrey, author, The Unmarriageable Man
By Nawaid Anjum
PUBLISHED ON APR 30, 2021 04:34 PM IST
Ashok Ferrey’s new book is an exploration of the nature and meaning of love, loss, grief, and of time and memory
Review: Mahavir: Conqueror of the Self by Arvind Bhandari
By Chintan Girish Modi
PUBLISHED ON APR 30, 2021 04:32 PM IST
A book that provides insights into the difficult choices Vardhamaan Mahavir had to make as a man, son, husband, father, prince, and as a seeker of liberation from karmic entanglements
Book review: In and out of step, down memory lane
By Aishwarya Khosla
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2021 11:00 PM IST
Former Punjab DGP GS Aujla comes out with a witty collection of anecdotes – personal and professional – on vignettes of Punjab’s history and heritage
World Book and Copyright Day 2021: Tahira Kashyap says the lockdown situation has made her write more than before
By Juhi Chakraborty
PUBLISHED ON APR 22, 2021 02:02 PM IST
Talking about the relevance of World Book and Copyright Day, Tahira Kashyap says that this is a very special one for her and one that she cherishes and celebrates.
Linguist Peggy Mohan's new book tells the story of India through its languages
PTI | , New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON APR 18, 2021 06:12 PM IST
"Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its Languages", published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI), is written by noted linguist Peggy Mohan.
Heritage important part of storytelling: Author Sutapa Basu
PTI | , New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2021 07:29 PM IST
Storytelling and literature play an important role in preservation of human heritage, culture and diversity and author Sutapa Basu, who is just out with her mystery novel "The Cursed Inheritance" says it is important for writers to contribute more towards conservation of heritage through their stories.
Review: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
By Ananya Borgohain
UPDATED ON APR 17, 2021 03:30 PM IST
HT Picks: New Reads
By HT Team
PUBLISHED ON APR 16, 2021 10:40 PM IST
On this week’s reading list are books on the man who changed badminton in the country, a celebrity memoir, and one on the food and customs of a community that’s dwindling in numbers in India
Interview with Christophe Jaffrelot, co-author, India’s First Dictatorship: The Emergency, 1975-1977
By Chintan Girish Modi
PUBLISHED ON APR 16, 2021 10:23 PM IST
On the political scientist’s new book which tells the story of India’s experience with authoritarian rule under Indira Gandhi
Review: Patriarchy and the Pangolin by Aditi Patil
By Sonali Mujumdar
PUBLISHED ON APR 16, 2021 10:13 PM IST
An unapologetically droll account of an agroforestry field research project involving trees, sundry creatures, and the Indian male
Review: Fractured Freedom - A Prison Memoir by Kobad Ghandy
By Mahmood Farooqui
PUBLISHED ON APR 16, 2021 09:33 PM IST
A moral lesson for modern India, this is a book that shows us that jail need not be the end of activism or the struggle for truth and justice
Essay: On the influence of Bhasha literature on Indian English writing
By Saikat Majumdar
PUBLISHED ON APR 16, 2021 06:37 PM IST
For the Indian English writer, growth as a reader and a writer is often a simultaneous quest for the shape and texture of the Indian vernacular
Interview: Historian Srinath Raghavan on the NIF fellowships 2021
By Simar Bhasin
PUBLISHED ON APR 16, 2021 05:05 PM IST
The New India Foundation announced the recipients of its fellowship this week. This year, the NIF granted the highest number of fellowships for a given year so far: from over 900 applications, the jury selected 11 recipients, who will each be awarded a stipend of ₹18 lakhs for a period of one year. Srinath Raghavan, who is on the jury panel, talks about the fellowship
Late president's book outlines vision for Japan's Nintendo
AP | , Tokyo
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2021 07:29 PM IST
'Ask Iwata' was published after his death from cancer in 2015 at age 55. This month, VIZ Media is publishing the English translation of the book, which came out in Japanese in 2019.
How Midnight’s Children shaped Indian writing in English
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2021 07:13 AM IST
In Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie’s Sinai used language in wonderful and, to the Indian, in familiar ways. At last, the wretched alien language we had struggled with in deference to old Macaulay was finally our own
Many wonder how can a kid write a book for other kids: Vivan Ramdeo
By Henna Rakheja, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON APR 11, 2021 08:00 PM IST
The 12-year-old has come up with his debut book, which is based on a fictional tale inspired from his visit to the historical monument of Moth Ki Masjid, in Delhi’s South Extension.
John Naisbitt, author of Megatrends, dies at 92 in Austria
AP | , Berlin
PUBLISHED ON APR 11, 2021 09:16 AM IST
- John Naisbitt, author of the famous 1982 book Megatrends breathed his last on Saturday at his second home near Lake Woerthersee in Austria. He was 92.
Peter Manso, biographer of Mailer and Brando, dies at 80
AP | , Truro, Mass.
PUBLISHED ON APR 10, 2021 06:39 PM IST
Peter Manso, a writer and longtime Cape Cod resident known for his exhaustively researched books and articles, including biographies on the likes of Norman Mailer and Marlon Brando, has died.
Book documents social reformers from Dalit community
PTI | , New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON APR 10, 2021 06:08 PM IST
A new book gives readers a peek into the life and times of foremost Dalit thinkers, who tirelessly battled divisive forces all their lives and today act as a source of inspiration, not only to the subaltern community, but the society at large.
Interview with Ranjit Hoskote, author, Hunchprose
By Chintan Girish Modi
PUBLISHED ON APR 10, 2021 06:52 AM IST
Ranjit Hoskote’s new poetry collection, Hunchprose, is strewn with references to literature, ornithology, music, archaeology, cinema and history and engages with contemporary political questions as well as matters of the heart
HT Picks; New Reads
By HT Team
PUBLISHED ON APR 10, 2021 06:51 AM IST
This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a nuanced account of the complicated story of India’s northeast region, the long view on Nepal’s foreign relations and on China’s emergence as a global power, and a collection of lesser known stories from a great epic