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Review: Towers of Silence by Berjis Desai
Berjis Desai’s novel follows a Parsi clan as they deal with dwindling finances, lecherous cousins, insipid husbands, dullard progeny, family curses, black magic, and the need to preserve the community’s way of life
Published on May 27, 2022 10:53 PM IST
Percy Bharucha
Interview: Vijay Maurya, screenwriter: ‘Cinema needs talent and temperament’
The writer of Gully Boy, Tumhari Sulu and Chillar Party, among others, talks about the intricacies of dialogue writing, and why writers should subdue their egos
Updated on May 27, 2022 02:52 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
Review: America’s Wars by Thomas H Henriksen
Revisiting American hubris in a book that looks at US interventions in regime changes and insurgencies after the Cold War
Published on May 26, 2022 03:36 PM IST
Andrey Kurkov, Ukrainian author – ‘Several writers are working as soldiers’
As the war in Ukraine continues, Andrey Kurkov, author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees, among other novels, talks about writers at the frontline, the rise of militant literature, and his country’s new-found appreciation for independence
Updated on May 25, 2022 05:00 PM IST
Pooja Bhula
Review: A History of Objects by Carlo Pizzati
Carlo Pizzati’s A History of Objects is a collection of 23 short stories, each one dedicated to a specific inanimate being which, in the course of the story, becomes a cog in the author’s storytelling machine
Updated on May 24, 2022 07:18 PM IST
Simar Bhasin
Review: Acrobat by Nabaneeta Dev Sen; Poems translated by Nandana Dev Sen
The late Nabaneeta Dev Sen is a vital figure in modern Bengali literature with more than a hundred books either written or edited by her to her credit and though she wrote a lot more prose, it was poetry that was the heartbeat of her writing
Updated on May 23, 2022 06:00 PM IST
Manohar Shetty
Book Box: Seven powerful books on mental health
- May is mental health awareness month, and the perfect time for these seven powerful books on mental health
Updated on May 21, 2022 04:08 PM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s list of interesting reads includes Jokha Alharthi’s new book, Wendy Doniger’s letters home and her recollections of her time in India in the 1960s, and a reissued biography of Hindi cinema’s first superstar
Updated on May 20, 2022 10:12 PM IST
HT Team
Interview: Vauhini Vara, author, The Immortal King Rao – “I’ve grown up with lots of different identities”
On her genre-melding novel that charts the journey of a young Dalit boy from rural Andhra Pradesh to the pre-internet United States, where he wields technology to reinvent himself and the world
Updated on May 20, 2022 10:11 PM IST
Ronnie Kuriakose
Review: Villainy by Upamanyu Chatterjee
Upamanyu Chatterjee’s new literary thriller depicts a Delhi where badness is embedded in everyday life
Published on May 20, 2022 10:10 PM IST
Suhit Kelkar
Essay: On scripting and performing dastans
Mahmood Farooqui writes about the distinctiveness of Dastangoi, the theatre form that he revived inspired by the late Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s scholarship
Updated on May 20, 2022 06:54 PM IST
Mahmood Farooqui
Screenwriter, Mohinder Pratap Singh: “I’d like to see more justice in the world”
On working in advertising, scripting for television, short and feature films, and finding success on OTT
Updated on May 19, 2022 03:33 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
Ruskin Bond on turning 88: Craving for jalebi and more short stories
Author Ruskin Bond talks about his lack of birthday rituals, and celebrating every new day. He says his family ensures there’s lots of cake to celebrate, but he is specifically craving to relish jalebi this year. And alongside he also shares about his love for short stories, which are also part of his new book, Song of the Forest.
Published on May 19, 2022 11:35 AM IST
Siddhi Jain, New Delhi
Review: Syed Mahmood; Colonial India’s Dissenting Judge by Mohammad Nasir and Samreen Ahmad
Not many know about an Indian justice of the court who thwarted the colonial British government’s subjugation of Indians often with the tacit support of the judiciary
Updated on May 18, 2022 09:19 PM IST
Shafey Kidwai
In conversation with Pt Shivkumar Sharma
The origins of the santoor, his early shift from the tabla and his idea of music beyond entertainment, Pt Shivkumar Sharma, who died on May 10, talked about all that during his last visit to the capital
Updated on May 18, 2022 08:56 PM IST
Manjari Sinha
Excerpt: Digital Leapfrogs by Vijay Mahajan
This excerpt on how technology is reshaping consumer markets in India looks at the remarkable effects of the widespread use of apps and social media
Updated on May 17, 2022 04:36 PM IST
Vijay Mahajan
Review: Fiji: A Love Story by Ajay Singh
The memoirs of the former Indian ambassador to Fiji highlight, through his own family’s history, the iniquities of the colonial indentured system whose consequences continue to embitter that nation’s politics
Updated on May 16, 2022 06:58 PM IST
Book Box: Seven fabulous books for architecture lovers
- Books to help you design a home that makes you happy, building stories from Chicago, and a conversation on why architects should read murder mysteries.
Updated on May 14, 2022 06:03 PM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a memoir of struggles against caste oppression, a book about the monstrous creatures in the myths and folklore of India’s various cultures, and a cautionary tale of environmental collapse
Updated on May 13, 2022 09:22 PM IST
HT Team
Review: One Love and the Many Lives of Osip B by CP Surendran
In his new novel, CP Surendran confronts the realities of the present through dark irony, farcical narrative strands and caricature
Published on May 13, 2022 09:21 PM IST
AJ Thomas
Interview: Balaji Vittal, author, Pure Evil; The Bad Men of Bollywood – “Film villains turned out to be exceptionally nice!”
Pure Evil: The Bad Men of Bollywood is your fourth book about Hindi films
Published on May 13, 2022 09:19 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Blue Sky White Cloud by Nirmal Ghosh
Journalist and wildlife conservationist Nirmal Ghosh’s book, a collection of three novellas, attempts to convey the Anthropocene’s impact on the world and its inhabitants
Published on May 13, 2022 04:21 PM IST
Syed Saad Ahmed
On keeping Gallerie alive for 25 years
Bina Sarkar Ellias, who has almost single-handedly brought out the biannual cultural magazine for a quarter century, reminisces about its curious journey
Updated on May 13, 2022 03:05 PM IST
Bina Sarkar Ellias
Review: Wrist Assured by Gundappa Vishwanath
Gundappa Vishwanath’s autobiography revisits all that went into making him the wristy genius of world cricket
Updated on May 12, 2022 07:32 PM IST
Sudhirendar Sharma
Essay: Shiva Naipaul’s notebook
Author Amitava Kumar studies the younger Naipaul’s notes on his time in India immediately after the assassination of Indira Gandhi
Updated on May 23, 2022 05:03 PM IST
Essay: Thich Nhat Hanh on love and sex
Revisiting the wisdom in the books and reflections of the Vietnamese monk who died in January this year
Updated on May 11, 2022 03:28 PM IST
Interview: Imtiaz Ali – 'TV is the only film school I ever went to!'
Growing up in Jamshedpur, being shaped by Delhi, his favourite poets and filmmakers, his relationships with his contemporaries, the centrality of writing to his life, and his journey from television to film - Imtiaz Ali talks to Mihir Chitre about all that
Updated on May 11, 2022 09:37 AM IST
Mihir Chitre
Review: Copper Mountain by Thubten Samphel
A moving picture of Tibet’s natural beauty and rich historical tradition, Copper Mountain combines memorable characters with an environmental conspiracy and a shot of dark humour
Updated on May 09, 2022 06:39 PM IST
Percy Bharucha
Essay: On my feathered friends
Close your eyes and listen to the sounds around you
Updated on May 07, 2022 06:22 PM IST
Prerna Jain
