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    Review: Rough Streets by Ankush Saikia

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    Updated on May 22, 2025 06:55 IST
    A view of Shillong (Shutterstock)

    International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq’s speech honours her readers

    International Booker Prize winners; (LtoR) translator Deepa Bhasthi and author Banu Mushtaq
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    Published on May 21, 2025 11:50 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)
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    Updated on May 20, 2025 08:59 IST

    Book review|Money-minded madness makes Rumaan Alam's Entitlement quite thrilling

    Cover of the book, Entitlement by Rumaan Alam
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    Updated on May 20, 2025 06:19 IST

    Needrup Zangpo: “When people called Drukpa Kunley mad, he owned it with pride”

    Author Needrup Zangpo (Jaipur Literature Festival)
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    Published on May 19, 2025 09:53 IST

    Stephen Greenblatt: “Shakespeare is like an enormous planet Jupiter”

    Stephen Greenblatt at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025 (Jaipur Literature Festival)
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    Published on May 17, 2025 24:26 IST

    Review: The Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix

    Migrants’ belongings on the beach of Wimereux, on November 25, 2021, in Calais, France. At least 31 people died trying to cross the Channel to the UK in an inflatable dinghy. The Small Boat is based on this incident. (Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
    books
    Published on May 17, 2025 24:00 IST

    Nature’s right to exist, flourish and persist

    Yuvan Aves and Robert Macfarlane (Bijal Vachharajani)
    books
    Published on May 16, 2025 23:54 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a debut novel shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a book on six remarkable economists, and a collection of essays on how video games expand the discourse of art (Akash Shrivastav)
    books
    Updated on May 16, 2025 21:44 IST

    A silent reading group takes it to the next level

    Members of ‘Versova Reads’ during their Sunday morning sessions at a local park. (Charvi Garg)
    books
    Published on May 16, 2025 08:13 IST

    The story of maimed nationalisms

    “As I stood before Petőfi tomb this Spring, my mind went blank, gaping with questions about nationalism and war, and the missing body of the martyr. In the heart of the famous Fiumei Road Graveyard in Budapest, the Petőfi family grave holds the remains of his family members, even those of his son – but the man who gave the nation these unforgettable lines of patriotism could not get back on his feet to return to his homeland.” (Shutterstock)
    books
    Published on May 15, 2025 23:50 IST

    Review: The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

    Imagine a world where the latest form ofdigital scrutiny includes an implant that records your dreams. (Shutterstock)
    books
    Updated on May 14, 2025 14:31 IST

    Review: Why Should I Trust You by Sudeep Nagarkar

    A view of Kangra where the novel is set. (Shutterstock)
    books
    Updated on May 14, 2025 12:23 IST

    Page to screen: The Nickel Boys

    Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson as Elwood and Turner in The Nickel Boys. (Amazon MGM Studios)
    books
    Updated on May 13, 2025 08:36 IST

    Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia: “Playing the flute is like doing yoga”

    Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (Kerala Literature Festival)
    books
    Published on May 12, 2025 12:21 IST

    Mother's Day: 5 books that tell the real story of motherhood beyond the clichés

    Books that tell the real story of motherhood
    htcity
    Published on May 11, 2025 05:32 IST

    Kupwara Codes book review: This military fiction is more than just chestthumping

    The cover of Kupwara Codes by Maj Manik M Jolly (Retd)
    htcity delhi junction
    Published on May 10, 2025 05:40 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    On the reading list this week is an exploration of seven ancient temples across India and Cambodia, Joan Didion’s record of her conversations with her psychiatrist, and a collection of short fiction written in Malayalam from the late nineteenth to the mid twentieth century. (Akash Shrivastav)
    books
    Published on May 9, 2025 16:14 IST

    Katy Hessel: “Everyone has to own their identity”

    Katy Hessel (Jaipur Literature Festival 2025)
    books
    Updated on May 9, 2025 16:13 IST

    Review: Heart Lamp by Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq

    Playing cricket in Bidar, Karnataka. (Shutterstock)
    books
    Updated on May 21, 2025 24:49 IST

    Review: Embracing Hope by Viktor E Frankl

    Always better days ahead. According to author Viktor E Frankl: ““Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” (Shutterstock)
    books
    Published on May 9, 2025 16:11 IST

    What a wonderful world: Jazz in New Orleans

    The Congo Square exhibit at the New Orleans Jazz Museum (New Orleans Jazz Museum)
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    Updated on May 9, 2025 07:19 IST

    On the emerging generation of Hindi women writers

    Geetanjali Shree’s international Booker win has given Hindi literature a shot in the arm and has also put the spotlight on women writing in the language. (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)
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    Updated on Feb 23, 2026 13:50 IST

    Review: The Many Worlds of Philipsborn: Jamia’s Aapa Jaan

    Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times)
    books
    Published on May 8, 2025 10:37 IST

    Report: Ragas by the River 2025

    The festival opened with Shubha Mudgal’s soul-stirring performance. (Courtesy Ragas by the River)
    books
    Updated on May 7, 2025 14:50 IST

    Ibtisam Azem: “The reality that Palestinians live in goes beyond any dystopia”

    Author Ibtisam Azem (Courtesy the subject)
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    Updated on May 6, 2025 11:32 IST

    Barnali Chattopadhyay: “When I sing Sufiana kalaam, I forget my gender”

    Barnali Chattopadhyay performing at the Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) in Jodhpur (Courtesy Jodhpur RIFF)
    books
    Updated on May 5, 2025 10:02 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    On the reading list this week is a courageous memoir that looks squarely at loss and death, the story of an ancient language that changed the world, and a reissued novel that presents an insight into a woman’s soul. (Akash Shrivastav)
    books
    Updated on May 2, 2025 17:28 IST

    Abhay K: “Nalanda was an international melting pot where scholars flocked”

    Author and diplomat Abhay K at Nalanda (Courtesy the publisher)
    books
    Published on May 2, 2025 17:26 IST

    Review: The Company of Violent Men by Siddharthya Roy

    A view of the beach at Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh. (Shutterstock)
    books
    Updated on May 2, 2025 17:23 IST
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