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Nandini Sengupta: “In many ways, animals are more evolved than us”

Published on Aug 05, 2024 06:16 pm IST

Nandini Sengupta, winner of the Sahitya Akadei Bal Puraskar 2024. (Courtesy the subject)

Book Box | A browsing list of eight new and notable books

A browsing list of eight new and notable books for you(Sonya Dutta Choudhury )

Published on Aug 03, 2024 08:18 pm IST

Neha J Hiranandani – “Our children are born with phones in their hands”

Author Neha J Hiranandani (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Aug 03, 2024 05:58 am IST

Review: What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh

Palestinians make their way through wreckage following an Israeli raid in the southern Gaza Strip on July 30. (Hatem Khaled/REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 03, 2024 05:56 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book about 18th century Sikh history, an account of reporting violent political conflicts in the Indian subcontinent, and a volume that features 20 Indian architects and their best work. (HT Team)

Updated on Aug 03, 2024 05:52 am IST

Review: Snakes, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll by Romulus Whitaker with Janaki Lenin

Romulus Whitaker, aged 27, presses the head of a deadly cobra in order to extract its venom, at his farm in Tambaram, Madras, in a photograph dated November 11, 1970. (Bettmann Archive)

Updated on Aug 03, 2024 05:50 am IST

Prophet of love – James Baldwin turns 100

Novelist James Baldwin on American postage stamp. (spatuletail/Shutterstock)

Published on Aug 02, 2024 05:44 pm IST

Author Neha Bansal's book evokes timeless memories, Chitrahaar to Car Nicobar

Author Neha Bansal's new book Six of Cups is a collection of 50 poems.

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Published on Aug 02, 2024 11:15 am IST

Review: The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa

The censor of the title is part of a bureaucratic team that has to go through books with a view to banning them if they touch upon forbidden subjects. (Shutterstock)

Published on Aug 01, 2024 10:43 pm IST

Kashmir shawls: The splendour and the misery

A handloom weaver showcasing traditional Kani shawl weaving during the 42nd India International Trade Fair in Pragati Maidan on 15 November 2023. (Anupama Yadav/Shutterstock)

Published on Aug 01, 2024 09:03 pm IST

2024 Booker Longlist: Get over John Green- Colleen Hoover, here's your next pick

The Booker Prize has finally released its much-awaited longlist for 2024.

Updated on Aug 01, 2024 07:00 pm IST

A reading list for #DisabilityPrideMonth

A reading list to make those journeys seem shorter. (Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)

Published on Jul 31, 2024 07:13 pm IST

Divrina Dhingra - “Everyone has scents that they associate with home”

Author Divrina Dhingra (Tarun Vishwa)

Published on Jul 30, 2024 05:21 pm IST

Book Box | Meet award-winning mystery writer Angie Kim

Angie Kim (courtesy: Angie Kim)

Published on Jul 28, 2024 12:19 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a memoir about the author’s search for home, a cookbook for cancer survivors and their caregivers, and an book on the Hindi film villain. (HT Team)

Published on Jul 26, 2024 08:07 pm IST

Aruna Roy – “The demonising of activists is unfortunate for the nation”

Aruna Roy, author, The Personal is Political; An Activist’s Memoir. (Amal KS/HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 26, 2024 08:06 pm IST

Review: I Have the Streets by Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin in action during the second test match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Gahunje in Pune, on Saturday, October 12, 2019. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)

Published on Jul 26, 2024 08:04 pm IST

Review: At Home in India by Qurratulain Hyder

Qurratulain Hyder was an influential Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, an academic, and a journalist. (HT Photo)

Published on Jul 26, 2024 08:04 pm IST

5 poignant books that explore war through humour, satire and honest empathy

5 poignant books that explore the intricacies of war

Updated on Jul 26, 2024 09:08 pm IST

Epics in string, leather and shadow puppetry

The Thakar Adivasi Kala Angan Museum and Art Gallery in Pinguli village in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. (Veidehi Gite)

Updated on Jul 26, 2024 05:58 pm IST

Review: Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

Aerial view of Israel and Palestine divided by a security wall. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jul 26, 2024 05:10 pm IST

Review: Making the ‘Woman’ by Sutapa Dutta and Shivangini Tandon

Tawaifs or courtesans upended gender norms. (Wikimedia Commons/Frederic Courtland Penfield: East of Suez. Ceylon, India, China and Japan. New York: The Century Co. 1907.)

Updated on Jul 25, 2024 10:46 pm IST

Review: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

A portal to another time? (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jul 24, 2024 08:38 pm IST

Sherlock Holmes and the phantom pack

The Holy Trinity Church in Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. (Courtesy Mark Lakeman)

Published on Jul 23, 2024 10:07 pm IST

Mango Day: The mango's cultural influence on Indian artists and poets

The influence of mango on art and culture

Published on Jul 22, 2024 07:06 pm IST

Michiko Aoyama – “I have a new favourite Manga author every day”

Author Michiko Aoyama

Updated on Jul 22, 2024 05:45 pm IST

Book Box | Meet storytelling guru Sid Jain

Sid Jain(Sonya Dutta Choudhury )

Published on Jul 20, 2024 08:55 pm IST

Review: Rethinking Untouchability by Jesús F Cháirez-Garza

BR Ambedkar (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Jul 19, 2024 07:54 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a portrait of an often troubled city, tales from the Mahabharata that deliver instructions on life, and a well produced volume that presents a lesser known aspect of Indian art history (HT Team)

Published on Jul 19, 2024 07:40 pm IST

Mishal Husain – “It’s a celebration of a lost world”

Author Mishal Husain (Courtesy the publisher)

Updated on Jul 19, 2024 07:40 pm IST

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