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Review: The Money Trap by Alok Sama

Updated on Oct 17, 2024 15:02 IST
All about the legitimisation of greed. (Shutterstock)

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 13:20 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 12:19 IST

Of canines, crackers and compassion fatigue

Two Indian wonders in one picture (Shutterstock)
Updated on Oct 16, 2024 10:39 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 15:44 IST

The shawl as a storytelling tool

A Flamenco dance performance in Seville (Veidehi Gite)
Published on Oct 11, 2024 11:16 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 06:55 IST

Book Box | A book club travels to Uzbekistan

The author in Samarkand
Published on Oct 5, 2024 14:02 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 4, 2024 15:07 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 4, 2024 13:58 IST

Review: What I Know About You by Éric Chacour

The novel begins in Cairo in the 1960s. (fotoak/Shutterstock)
Published on Oct 3, 2024 10:50 IST

Review: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

A couple in Dublin, Ireland. (Alex_Mastro / Shutterstock)
Updated on Oct 3, 2024 24:16 IST

Book Box | Packing list for a book club

Book club
Published on Sep 28, 2024 18:32 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book that stresses the impact of ultra processed foods, a cop’s account of his daring adventures, and a meditation on Indian aesthetics. (HT Team)
Updated on Sep 28, 2024 24:26 IST

Review: Biopeculiar by Gigi Ganguly

A murmuration of starlings at sunset. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Sep 28, 2024 24:22 IST