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Suchitra Ramachandran – “Nobility and evil don’t come in segregated packs”

Published on Oct 18, 2024 08:11 pm IST

Translator Suchitra Ramachandran (Courtesy the subject)

Review: She & I by Imayam, translated by D Venkataramanan

A street in a small town in Tamil Nadu (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 18, 2024 08:09 pm IST

Review: A Long Season of Ashes; A Memoir by Siddhartha Gigoo

A Kashmiri Pandit woman at a refugee camp in Jammu, early 1990s. (Raju Kerni/HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 18, 2024 08:08 pm IST

“Struggle against injustice itself is a source of hope”

Authors Nandita Haksar (L) and Anjali Deshpande (Courtesy the publisher)

Published on Oct 18, 2024 05:30 pm IST

Review: The Money Trap by Alok Sama

All about the legitimisation of greed. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 17, 2024 08:32 pm IST

Review: Playground by Richard Powers

‘Playground’ scratches the existential question of how humans relate to the world around them, particularly the ocean, in a way that transcends both literal and metaphorical depths (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 17, 2024 06:50 pm IST

Review: The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

Every misogynist’s nightmare: Empusa, a shapeshifting demon who preys on men. (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 17, 2024 05:49 pm IST

Of canines, crackers and compassion fatigue

Two Indian wonders in one picture (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 16, 2024 04:09 pm IST

Reema Kagti: “When you’re writing, it’s very hard for you to disguise yourself”

Screenwriter and filmmaker Reema Kagti (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 05:50 pm IST

Book Box | Why we need to read Nobel laureate Han Kang

South Korean author Han Kang poses for the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, on May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)(AP)

Published on Oct 12, 2024 06:34 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a volume on fighting overconfidence, another that tells you how to use tipping points to change the world, and a volume that marks the birth centenary of Nissim Ezekiel. (HT Team)

Published on Oct 11, 2024 09:14 pm IST

Review: Murder at the Racecourse by Berjis Desai

The Poonawalla Breeders Multi-Million race in progress at Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai on February 24, 2019. (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

Published on Oct 11, 2024 09:12 pm IST

Mark Gevisser: “Pink lines are being drawn across the world”

Author Mark Gevisser (Courtesy Kolkata Literary Meet 2024)

Published on Oct 11, 2024 09:12 pm IST

Matt Haig – “In fiction, you can talk about things in a freer way”

Author Matt Haig (Kan Lailey)

Published on Oct 11, 2024 09:11 pm IST

The shawl as a storytelling tool

A Flamenco dance performance in Seville (Veidehi Gite)

Published on Oct 11, 2024 04:46 pm IST

Sonali Gupta: “I hope that the book opens conversations around loss”

Author Sonali Gupta (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Oct 10, 2024 04:25 pm IST

Review – Consent; Fearful Asymmetry by Nilofer Kaul

“Consent works well only if the two parties stand in perfect symmetry, a desirable but somewhat utopian situation, symmetry being an extension of a just world” –-Nilofer Kaul (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 10, 2024 04:22 pm IST

Review: The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

Kitchen utensils of Jewish prisoners at the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland, that was in operation between May 1940 and January 1945. (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 10, 2024 12:25 pm IST

Wigtown: the perfect place for a literary getaway

“Wigtown today has 15 bookshops, including Scotland’s largest second-hand book shop and the country’s only feminist book store. A walk down the high street, beginning from the Mercat Cross in the centre of town, showcases the multifaceted nature of these shops. “ (Photo courtesy: Visit Scotland.)

Published on Oct 08, 2024 03:21 pm IST

Review: Environmentally Sustainable Growth by Steven Cohen

Future perfect: Yearning for a vision of paradise (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 07, 2024 08:56 pm IST

Book Box | A book club travels to Uzbekistan

The author in Samarkand(Sonya Dutta Choudhury )

Published on Oct 05, 2024 07:32 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a food trip through the capital’s many historical eras down to the present, a memoir about a life engaged in the fight for human rights, and a volume on queer rights in India. (HT Team)

Updated on Oct 04, 2024 08:37 pm IST

Marcel Dirsus – “Peaceful protests can bring down the most powerful dictators”

Author Marcel Dirsus (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Oct 04, 2024 08:36 pm IST

Review: Of Mothers and Other Perishables by Radhika Oberoi

A picture of India Gate, New Delhi dated 01 June 1976. (SN Sinha/HT Archive)

Updated on Oct 04, 2024 08:35 pm IST

Review: Shikwa-e-Hind; The Political Future of Indian Muslims by Mujibur Rehman

Women protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Shaheen Bagh, in New Delhi, on Sunday, January 12, 2020. (Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)

Published on Oct 04, 2024 08:32 pm IST

Angry birds: the jungle babbler edition

“Thanks to the white iris and the bony ridge over their eyes, jungle babblers (Argya striata) look like villains.” (Prerna Jain)

Published on Oct 04, 2024 07:28 pm IST

Sumit Arora: “I am a proper writer and I write every day”

Screen and dialogue writer Sumit Arora (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Oct 03, 2024 08:16 pm IST

Review: What I Know About You by Éric Chacour

The novel begins in Cairo in the 1960s. (fotoak/Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 03, 2024 04:20 pm IST

Review: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

A couple in Dublin, Ireland. (Alex_Mastro / Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 03, 2024 05:46 am IST

Madhu Khanna – “Karmic connections bring people and places together”

Madhu Khanna, winner of the Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize 2024 (Courtesy Oxford Bookstore)

Published on Oct 01, 2024 07:42 pm IST

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