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Review: The Rout of Prabhakaran by MR Narayan Swamy

Published on Nov 22, 2024 08:23 pm IST

Flanked by bodyguards, LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran poses for a photograph in the northern Jaffna jungles in this picture dated 18 December 1988. (HT Archive)

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a Nobel laureate’s new memoir that is part cookbook, a collection of stories from the work of Sanskrit playwrights of the classical period, and a diary to commemorate the birth centenary of Guru Dutt. (Akash Shrivastav)

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 08:12 pm IST

Rohin Bhatt – “Emotions play a big role in how cases are decided”

Lawyer and author Rohin Bhatt (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Nov 22, 2024 08:08 pm IST

Review: His Miracle, Not His Sin; The Rubaiyat of Sarmad

Shaikh Sarmad and Mughal prince Dara Shikoh. (Walters Art Museum/Wikimedia Commons)

Published on Nov 22, 2024 08:06 pm IST

Report: The 16th IDSFFK

Audience interaction at the 16th IDSFFK (Courtesy IDSFFK)

Published on Nov 21, 2024 08:06 pm IST

Review: Cultural Encyclopedia of the Dard Tribe by Suheel Rasool Mir

A view of a Gurez valley. (Waseem Andrabi / Hindustan Times)

Published on Nov 20, 2024 05:16 pm IST

Review: Melania by Melania Trump

Melania Trump arriving at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, 2024. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Published on Nov 20, 2024 02:50 pm IST

Asghar Wajahat: “We are losing Hindi readership because of a script”

Hindi writer Asghar Wajahat has been calling for an acceptance of Hindi writing in the Roman script. If Roman Hindi helps popularise Hindi literature among the Hindi speaking but non-Devnagari reading public, what is the harm, he wonders.

Updated on Nov 19, 2024 07:03 pm IST

Books that imagine that history took a different course

Curtis Sittenfeld imagines what might have happened to Hillary Rodham Clinton (pictured)(AP)

Published on Nov 19, 2024 08:00 am IST

Mridul Bhasin: “There’s an urgent need to address road safety in India”

Mridul Bhasin (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Nov 18, 2024 07:17 pm IST

Book Box | Booker Prize-winning and other longlisted tales of the sea and sky

Autumn turns to winter(Sonya Dutta Choudhury)

Published on Nov 16, 2024 04:26 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a murder mystery featuring two mismatched journalists, an autobiography of a performer, and another by a man who has had an impact on urban development. (Akash Shrivastav)

Updated on Nov 16, 2024 12:44 am IST

Saad Mohseni: “The Taliban is not a monolithic movement”

Saad Mohseni, author, Radio Free Afghanistan (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Nov 16, 2024 12:44 am IST

Review: Poor Economics for Kids by Esther Duflo, illustrated by Cheyenne Olivier

Girls playing hockey in Hesal village, Jharkhand. (Diwakar Prasad/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Nov 16, 2024 12:43 am IST

Review: Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari

Futureshock: When AI comes into its own, will it have all the knowledge of the Sapiens without the complications of the Consciousness? (AugmentArt - stock.adobe.com)

Published on Nov 16, 2024 12:42 am IST

Of bishonen, tales of same sex love and the I-novel

Love is all you need. (Manpeppe - stock.adobe.com)

Published on Nov 15, 2024 08:06 pm IST

Ravi Shankar: “Writing to me is no mere vocation but an identity”

Ravi Shankar is an academic, poet and translator. (Doug Johnston)

Published on Nov 14, 2024 05:29 pm IST

Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey’s Orbital becomes first space novel to win

Samantha Harvey wrote Orbital

Published on Nov 13, 2024 01:46 pm IST

Shabana Azmi: “I’ve been phenomenally lucky from the beginning”

Shabana Azmi (Raajessh Kashyap/HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 13, 2024 08:56 am IST

Review: Leaf, Water and Flow by Avadhoot Dongare

One of the characters in the novel states: “A quilt should basically be a product that puts together pieces that would otherwise have been wasted, right? And whatever pattern has to emerge emerges by itself. It’s the companionship of the pieces that is important; where else will the warmth come from?” This description suits ‘Leaf, Water and Flow’ too. (altitudevisual - stock.adobe.com)

Published on Nov 12, 2024 07:25 pm IST

Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A breathtaking view of Planet Earth as seen from the international space station porthole in a scientifically accurate 3D VFX rendering. (Gorodenkoff - stock.adobe.com)

Published on Nov 11, 2024 07:20 pm IST

Book Box | Fast-paced feel-good books

Listen for the Lie

Published on Nov 09, 2024 07:08 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a travelogue that’s also a street food guide, a volume that looks at the significance of five international agreements signed by India since 1947, and a novel that comments on the moral decrepitude of contemporary India. (Akash Shrivastav)

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 05:40 am IST

Interview: Julia Hauser and Sarnath Banerjee, authors, The Moral Contagion

Julia Hauser and Sarnath Banerjee, authors, The Moral Contagion. (HT Team)

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 05:38 am IST

Review: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia

Still life: Cryogenics and the law in a possible future. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 05:36 am IST

Review: Sacred Songs – the Mahabharata’s Many Gitas by Bibek Debroy

A traditional Javanese dance depicting a scene from the Mahabharata. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 05:28 am IST

A storehouse of stories: Kashmiris on Kashmir

A view of the Dal Lake during snowfall in Srinagar in February this year. (Waseem Andrabi /Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 08, 2024 08:13 pm IST

Review: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

A Catholic church in rural Australia. (Shutterstock)

Published on Nov 07, 2024 07:13 pm IST

Review: This Our Paradise by Karan Mujoo

A view of the Dal Lake in Srinagar in February 2024. (Waseem Andrabi /Hindustan Times)

Published on Nov 07, 2024 12:19 pm IST

Review: The Continents Between by Bani Basu

A scene in Calcutta in the 1980s. (Jayant Das/HT Archive)

Published on Nov 06, 2024 07:44 pm IST

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