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    HT Picks; New Reads

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    Published on Nov 6, 2026 21:44 IST
    On the reading list this week is an anthology in support of Palestine, a collection of Jain stories from the tenth century, and a portrait of Bangladesh (Sanjeev Kumar)

    Saeed Naqvi: “Our elites look at the world from a Western perspective”

    Author Saeed Naqvi (Courtesy the subject)
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    Published on Nov 6, 2026 21:42 IST

    Review: Moms by Shivani Sibal

    Of appearance and reality among the capital’s swish set. (Lynsey Addario/Getty Images)
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    Published on Nov 6, 2026 21:40 IST

    Review: Forwarded as Received by Saadia Azim

    Forwarded as Received assiduously traces the process through which social media, which initially held out the promise of giving voice to the voiceless, turned into cacophony. (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Nov 6, 2026 21:38 IST

    The charm of Chandua

    Odisha Craft Odyssey’s Chandua: Canopies of Labour , a bilingual book edited by Premjish Achari and Sibdas Sengupta, was released at the OCO Symposium in Bhubaneshwar.
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    Published on Nov 6, 2026 06:09 IST

    Review: Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya

    Right on track: Indian Railways (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Nov 5, 2026 07:44 IST

    Rene Karabash: “A voice appeared out of nowhere and wanted to tell this story”

    Author Rene Karabash (Yana Lozeva)
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    Updated on Nov 5, 2026 06:20 IST

    Barefoot and browsing: Inside a bookshop in the Maldives

    The Barefoot Bookstore in Maldives (Teja Lele)
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    Updated on Nov 4, 2026 05:17 IST

    Vazira Zamindar: “Photos of Gandhi and Bacha Khan together have always moved me”

    Historian Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar (Courtesy A Suitable Agency)
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    Published on Nov 2, 2026 13:34 IST

    Book Box: Reading Nobel Winner Anne Carson in the Kullu Valley

    On a Saturday morning in the Kullu Valley, we sit across from each other reading a poem by Anne Carson, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.
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    Updated on Nov 1, 2026 10:50 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    This week’s pick of good reads includes a book on modern parenthood, another on Himalayan culture, and a history of the Dalit Panther. (Sanjeev Kumar)
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    Published on Oct 30, 2026 21:46 IST

    Nabaarun Barooah: ‘We can never reconstruct the past perfectly’

    Author Nabaarun Barooah (Courtesy the subject)
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    Published on Oct 30, 2026 21:44 IST

    Review: The Seekers by Gautamiputra Kamble

    Gautamiputra Kamble’s tales recall the magical stories of childhood, with their kings, mysterious women and forests, which taken together imparted a complex wisdom. (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Oct 30, 2026 21:42 IST

    Review: When We Are Strangers by Vazira Zamindar and Sarnath Banerjee

    British colonial troops at Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar on April 23, 1930. The mass shooting of unarmed civilians became a defining moment of the independence movement. (Wikimedia Commons)
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    Published on Oct 30, 2026 21:40 IST

    GJV Prasad: “Each of us is a translator, but we don’t know it”

    Translator GJV Prasad (Courtesy Jaipur Literature Festival)
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    Updated on Oct 30, 2026 05:30 IST

    Review: Between Worlds, edited by Gautam Bhatia

    A portal to a different world (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Oct 29, 2026 12:31 IST

    Review: The Disappearers by Marlon James

    The scene in downtown Kingston, Jamaica. (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Oct 29, 2026 09:49 IST

    Hoihnu Hauzel: “Home is supposed to be the safest place”

    Author Hoihnu Hauzel (Courtesy www.hoihnuhuazel.com)
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    Published on Oct 28, 2026 15:21 IST

    Manoj Tapadia: “No director can make a good film out of a bad screenplay”

    Director and screenwriter Manoj Tapadia (Courtesy the subject)
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    Updated on Oct 26, 2026 13:23 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book on bipolar disorder, another on Bharatanatyam, and one on the desires of contemporary Indians (Sanjeev Kumar)
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    Published on Oct 23, 2026 21:36 IST

    Ruthvika Rao: “I find myself drawn to contradictions”

    Author Ruthvika Rao (Courtesy Keerthi Vallabh Gade)
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    Published on Oct 23, 2026 21:34 IST

    Review: Sleep Journeys byAzra Abbas

    Birds and animals fill the dreamscape of Sleep Journeys by Azra Abbas. (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Oct 23, 2026 21:30 IST

    Review: Operation Silkyara by Saurabh Sharma

    Ambulances stand outside the Silkyara tunnel on 28 November 2023, the last day of the rescue operation. (ANI)
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    Published on Oct 23, 2026 18:34 IST

    Hello Meghalaya: hyperlocal and highly successful

    Pradip Kurbah’s award winning Ha Lyngkha Bneng (The Elysian Field) was created from a Hello Meghalaya grant. (Film still)
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    Published on Oct 23, 2026 06:00 IST

    Report: Remembering Veenapani Festival 2026

    Nimmy Raphel in Adishakti’s A Woman or Not to Be (Adishakti Theatre)
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    Updated on Oct 23, 2026 08:44 IST

    Ayesha Muzaffar: “A jinn is almost comforting compared with devilish humans”

    Author Ayesha Muzaffar (Courtesy the subject)
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    Published on Oct 21, 2026 18:20 IST

    Review: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

    A coastal town in Massachusetts much like the one in Elizabeth Strout’s novel. (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Oct 21, 2026 12:06 IST

    Review: Life of M by Rachel Cusk

    Many readers have connected M in Cusk’s novel with Hollywood star Natalie Portman (pictured). (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Oct 20, 2026 14:03 IST

    Faramerz Dabhoiwala: “We can’t seem to agree on free speech at all”

    Historian Faramerz Dabhoiwala teaches at Princeton University (Jaipur Literature Festival)
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    Updated on Oct 20, 2026 09:18 IST

    Seán Hewitt: “Love is a great spur to fiction”

    Seán Hewitt (Stuart Simpson/Penguin Random House)
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    Published on Oct 17, 2026 18:12 IST
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