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Report: Walking Bookfairs Travel Writing Festival

Published on Jan 27, 2025 07:10 pm IST

Tathagata Satpathy addressing the gathering at Z Hotel (Courtesy Walking Bookfairs)

Book Box | An Evening with Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh and Raghu Karnad ( R to L) Photo credit: The Royal Opera House

Published on Jan 26, 2025 09:31 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a collection of essays on climate change, the environment, and imperialism, a book on Savarkar, and a story about three generations of gay men in India (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on Jan 24, 2025 10:35 pm IST

Charlotte Wood – “Art is a place to turn to in times of trouble”

Author Charlotte Wood (Carly Earl)

Updated on Jan 24, 2025 10:33 pm IST

Review: The Story of Eve by Zehra Nigah

MF Husain’s portrait of Zehra Nigah (Courtesy Rakshanda Jalil)

Published on Jan 24, 2025 10:31 pm IST

Review: ‘The Assamese’ by Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

The mighty Brahmaputra in Assam. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 24, 2025 10:27 pm IST

Whisky, haggis and the poetry of Robert Burns

The poetry of Robert Burns (Courtesy Visit Scotland)

Published on Jan 24, 2025 02:28 pm IST

Report: The Rainbow Literature Festival 2024

A showcase by fellows of the Queer Caravan, a collaborative residency program that brings together queer storytellers and artists from France, Germany, and India to amplify underrepresented LGBTQIA+ voices and foster cross-cultural dialogue. (Courtesy Rainbow Literature Festival)

Updated on Jan 23, 2025 06:59 am IST

Snap-happy: Thank goodness for my bad camera!

Cat watches video (Suhit Bombaywala)

Updated on Jan 23, 2025 07:01 am IST

Review: Fangs of Death by Maanas Lal and Aloke Lal

Danger lurking in the shadows: An Indian cobra. (Ravindra Joshi/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:30 am IST

Elli Miller Maboungou: “Sometimes, drums speak for themselves”

Elli Miller Maboungou performing at the Mehrangarh Fort. (Jodhpur RIFF/OIJO)

Published on Jan 21, 2025 03:22 pm IST

Kanupriya Dhingra: “Daryaganj’s magic lay in its unpredictability”

Author Kanupriya Dhingra (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 07:51 am IST

Book Box | Reading without rules

25 ways to read your way through 2025

Published on Jan 18, 2025 08:01 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes books on the mental health consequences of the rewiring of childhood, a collection of recipes for kids with cancer, and a study of India’s public sector over the last seven decades. (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on Jan 17, 2025 10:15 pm IST

Thao Lam – “There is an audience for all kinds of stories”

Thao Lam, illustrator and author of children’s books (Courtesy thaolam.com)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 10:15 pm IST

Review: Glass Bottom by Sonali Prasad

The Arabian sea off downtown Mumbai. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 17, 2025 10:14 pm IST

Review: Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada by Shahu Patole

Author Shahu Patole photographed in Aurangabad on September 3, 2024. (Neelima M Tak/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 10:13 pm IST

Toni Morrison on separating yourself from the work you do

Stressed at work? Use Toni Morrison’s four mantras to find the right balance. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 17, 2025 02:38 pm IST

Reading David Lodge’s ‘Nice Work’ in difficult times

Birmingham University on a sunny day. The two protagonists of Nice Work live in Rummridge. Dr Penrose works as a temporary professor of English literature at Rummidge University, a stand-in for the University of Birmingham. David Lodge (1935-2025) taught English literature from 1960 to 1987 at the university, where he also earned a PhD in 1967. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 06:26 am IST

Review: The Anthropologists by Aysegul Savas

“Asya and Manu are simply happy. Savas takes what might be dismissed as the mundane and gives it the gravitas of myth.” (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 16, 2025 02:28 pm IST

Chronicles in the language of ghosts, birds and beasts

The eastern gateway of the Sanchi stupa which was probably commissioned by monarchs of the Satavahana dynasty. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:08 am IST

Neil Gaiman denies SA allegations with strikingly similar comment as Weinstein

Neil Gaiman (left) and Harvey Weinstein's (right) first comments after sexual assault allegations are strikingly similar

Published on Jan 15, 2025 03:37 pm IST

Neil Gaiman's assault accusations resurface as Rowling compares him to Weinstein

Neil Gaiman and JK Rowling

Published on Jan 14, 2025 03:30 pm IST

Ugly business; About ‘The Substance’

Demi Moore as Elizabeth Sparkle in ‘The Substance’. (MUBI)

Published on Jan 14, 2025 03:12 pm IST

Report: Himalayan Echoes Festival

Janhavi Prasada, founder of Himalayan Echoes; Kumaon Festival of Literature and Arts (Himalayan Echoes)

Updated on Jan 13, 2025 09:42 pm IST

Book Box | A Turkish anthropologist and Pico Iyer teach me where Paradise is

The Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise

Published on Jan 11, 2025 08:47 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a novel that’s a tribute to the Indian rock scene, a new translation of a classic Malayalam novel, and a book that captures the world around us in images and words (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on Jan 10, 2025 09:21 pm IST

Annie Gray: “Through food, you can go almost anywhere”

British historian Annie Gray (Courtesy anniegray.co.uk)

Published on Jan 10, 2025 09:21 pm IST

Review: Gardens of Delhi by Swapna Liddle and Madhulika Liddle

The tomb of Mohammed Shah, the third emperor of the Sayyid dynasty, that was built in 1444 and is located inside Lodhi Garden in New Delhi. (Prabhas Roy/Gardens of Delhi)

Published on Jan 10, 2025 09:18 pm IST

Review: The Politics of Modern Indian Language Literature by MK Raghavendra

Much like the panel on an Indian currency note, many languages have coexisted on the subcontinent. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 10, 2025 09:14 pm IST

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