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Excerpt: The Ashes Are Warm by Mahesh Bhatt

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 17:13 IST
UG Krishnamurti (HT Archive)

Report: The Sacred Amritsar 2026

Diplomat Navdeep Suri and Harinder Baweja, author, They Will Shoot You, Madam, in conversation at The Sacred Amritsar (Courtesy The Sacred Amritsar)
Updated on Apr 21, 2026 10:43 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)
Published on Apr 21, 2026 10:34 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a collection of Punjabi Dalit short stories, a neurosurgeon’s funny take on life, and a speculative history of Kerala. (Akash Shrivastav)
Published on Apr 17, 2026 21:34 IST

Review: Ghost-eye by Amitav Ghosh

A woman prepares fish for lunch at the pond in front of her house in Kumrokhali, West Bengal. (Shutterstock)
Published on Apr 17, 2026 17:23 IST

Excerpt: Bheja Fry by Mazda Turel

A neurosurgeon’s adventures with hypochondriacs. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 17, 2026 09:27 IST

Review: Lonely People Meet by Sayantan Ghosh

A couple in Delhi (Shutterstock)
Published on Apr 16, 2026 08:45 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

Book To Screen: Project Hail Mary

Ryan Reynolds in Project Hail Mary (Film still)
Updated on Apr 13, 2026 13:10 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes poetry of Sufi mystic Bullhe Shah, a biography of a wild tiger who roamed the Tadoba-Andhari reserve, and the story of how mathematics has been used to study the mind (Akash Shrivastav)
Published on Apr 10, 2026 17:26 IST

Report: ITC Sangeet Sammelan

Begum Parween Sultana setting the tone for a magical weekend. (Courtesy ITC Sangeet Research Academy Kolkata)
Updated on Apr 9, 2026 07:00 IST

Five Best: Understanding Iran

Five top books on Iran.
Updated on Apr 8, 2026 06:32 IST

Review: Hooked by Asako Yuzuki

Friends walk through a shopping area in Tokyo’s Ginza district (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
Published on Apr 3, 2026 22:40 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of good reads includes a novel by Indonesia’s best-known writer, a book about breakfasts in India’s cities, and another on picturesque imagery in colonial Indian art. (Akash Shrivastav)
Published on Apr 3, 2026 20:39 IST