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‘The Sea Captain’s Wife’ Review: When She Took Charge

Updated on Dec 09, 2025 10:49 am IST

“The Sea Captain’s Wife” (St. Martin’s, 288 pages, $30),

Report: The Journeying Across the Himalayas festival

The main stage of the festival inspired by Kathi Kuni architecture of Himachal Pradesh (Saurabh Sharma)

Published on Dec 08, 2025 08:27 pm IST

Book Box | A reader in Morocco

Doors of Morocco.

Updated on Dec 07, 2025 09:21 pm IST

Review: Boats in a Storm by Kalyani Ramnath

The silver chariot of Lord Murugan makes a return trip from the Nattukottai Chettiar Temple to the Kovil Veedu temple in Penang (Shutterstock)

Published on Dec 06, 2025 07:42 am IST

Review: Abundant Sense; Rahim – Selected Dohas translated by Chandan Sinha

A view of the tomb of Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, also known as Rahim, in Nizamuddin, New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Published on Dec 06, 2025 07:40 am IST

Malala Yousafzai: “For me, there was no roadmap”

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai (Courtesy the publisher)

Published on Dec 06, 2025 07:38 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book on Mumbai’s diverse cuisines, another that blurs the boundaries of fiction and autobiography, and a volume on Sikh Kashmir shawl patterns. (Akash Shrivastav)

Updated on Dec 06, 2025 06:09 am IST

Papyrus, the reed that wrote history

A work of art on papyrus displayed at the Amon Papyrus Museum in Cairo. (Veidehi Gite)

Published on Dec 05, 2025 12:57 pm IST

New kid on the publishing block: India Independent Books and Ideas

Independent publishers at the event (from left): Ritu Menon, Manish Purohit, Mandira Sen, Indira Chandrasekhar, Radhika Menon (Courtesy India Independent Books and Ideas)

Published on Dec 04, 2025 01:12 pm IST

Review: Hijacked by Pralav Dhyani

A military patrol ship on the high seas. (Shutterstock)

Published on Dec 04, 2025 07:06 am IST

Tom Stoppard and the triviality of history

Tom Stoppard at the Jaipur Literature Festival on 22 January 2012. (Jasjeet Plaha/Hindustan Times)

Published on Dec 02, 2025 05:08 pm IST

Savie Karnel: “An army is built with thousands of stories”

Pratima Sreeramkumar, granddaughter of Laxmi Panda (left), released the book with author Savie Karnel. (Courtesy Savie Karnel)

Published on Dec 01, 2025 05:33 pm IST

Book Box: Inside the Silk Road Slippers Writing Masterclass in Marrakech

Alexandra Pringle (centre) Alex von Tunzelmann (right) and Faiza S. Khan (left) with participants.

Published on Nov 30, 2025 02:17 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a biography of a legend in the gems and jewellery industry and a celebration of a rural childhood (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on Nov 29, 2025 07:16 am IST

Omar El Akkad: “I write about things that make me angry”

Omar El Akkad attends the 76th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 19, 2025 in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

Published on Nov 29, 2025 07:12 am IST

Review: There is a Ghost in My Room by Sanjoy K Roy

That spooky feeling. (Shutterstock)

Published on Nov 29, 2025 07:10 am IST

Anand Teltumbde: ‘A caste census cannot achieve social justice’

Author Anand Teltumbde (Courtesy Navayana)

Published on Nov 29, 2025 07:02 am IST

Review: The Boyhood of Cain by Michael Amherst

An English village much like the one that’s the setting for The Boyhood of Cain. (Shutterstock)

Published on Nov 28, 2025 12:14 pm IST

Indian Literature: Of oral lore and beyond

Women singing folk songs at a ceremony in Rajasthan. (Shutterstock)

Published on Nov 27, 2025 06:11 pm IST

Book Review: Spectres of Vengeance weaves facts, fiction for a thrilling tale

Cover of Tarun Mehrishi's new novel, Spectres of Vengeance.

HTCity Delhi Junction

Published on Nov 27, 2025 03:38 pm IST

Review: The Outsider; A Memoir for Misfits by Vir Das

Author Vir Das (Aalok Soni/HT PHOTO)

Published on Nov 27, 2025 03:14 pm 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 06:19 am IST

Mahesh Rao: “It was really important to me that the book end on a note of hope”

Author Mahesh Rao (Courtesy https://maheshrao.info/)

Updated on Nov 25, 2025 08:45 pm IST

“Annie Ernaux hardly ever juggles with jargon so translation is not difficult”

SR Kichenamourty who won the Romain Rolland award this year for translating Annie Ernaux’s Une Femme into Tamil. (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Nov 24, 2025 03:31 pm IST

Book Box: My best non-fiction of 2025

Representational image

Published on Nov 23, 2025 05:15 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a collection of funny and wise essays, a book on Japan’s customs, and a portrait of Jagat Murari and the FTII (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on Nov 21, 2025 10:50 pm IST

Jose Dalisay Jr: “Most Americans don’t even know we were their colony”

Author Jose Dalisay Jr. (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Nov 21, 2025 10:48 pm IST

Review: The Gallery of Upside Down Women by Arundhathi Subramaniam

One of the poet’s upside down women: A sculpture of Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a sixth-century poet saint, who achieved her emaciated state after beseeching Shiva to free her from all her worldly encumbrances, including her famed beauty. He granted her wish, transforming her into a withered old woman, and she delighted in devoting her life to composing hymns in praise of her Lord. (Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Published on Nov 21, 2025 10:47 pm IST

Ottilie Mulzet: “None of Krasznahorkai’s works is easy to translate”

Ottilie Mulzet (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Nov 21, 2025 10:45 pm IST

Roll of the Dice: the TTRPG scene in India

Into the Table Top Role Playing Game scene (Shutterstock)

Published on Nov 21, 2025 01:58 pm IST

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