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Review: Ramblings of a Bandra Boy by Joy Bimal Roy

Published on Jun 13, 2024 05:57 pm IST

Remnants of old Bandra (Shutterstock)

Walking in the footsteps of Heidi and her creator, Johanna Spyri

A village in the Swiss Alps much like the one Heidi lived in . (Shutterstock)

Published on Jun 12, 2024 07:59 pm IST

Sourav Roy: “There are deep problems despite the ‘Gitanjali Shree Effect’”

Translator Sourav Roy (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Jun 11, 2024 09:09 pm IST

Appupen - “I’m scared of AI just like everybody else”

Graphic novelist Appupen (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Jun 10, 2024 09:21 pm IST

Book Box | The difficulty of raising children in virtual and real worlds

The Anxious Generation(Sonya Dutta Choudhury)

Published on Jun 09, 2024 01:23 am IST

Amor Towles – “Aspiration is a very strong aspect of American culture”

Author Amor Towles (Courtesy the publisher)

Updated on Jun 08, 2024 02:46 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a memoir of a fifty-year engagement with public action, a book on the south Asian explorers who documenting large swathes of central Asia and Tibet, and the story of VS Naipaul’s family in Trinidad. (HT Team)

Published on Jun 07, 2024 09:50 pm IST

Review: Fraternity; Constitutional Norm and Human Need by Rajmohan Gandhi

“The volume is not a simple elucidation of fraternity but a questioning narrative that outlines the limits and scopes of this “brotherhood”, which was and can be a prime glue to weld our unity in diversity.” (Shutterstock)

Published on Jun 07, 2024 09:49 pm IST

Review: Before I Forget by MK Raina

Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir, in 1986. (Flickr Vision)

Updated on Jun 07, 2024 09:49 pm IST

Watching The Mousetrap in the West End

The cast of The Mousetrap at the end of the show. (Mihir Chitre)

Published on Jun 07, 2024 08:49 pm IST

The Discarnates, All of Us Strangers and the pain of homecoming

The weight of memories (Shutterstock)

Published on Jun 06, 2024 08:21 pm IST

On the road with Manou

The Kanchenjunga (Manou)

Published on Jun 05, 2024 09:26 pm IST

Review: Indian Literature’s issue on Trans Writing

The Sahitya Akademi journal’s issue on writing by Indian transgender authors. (Courtesy Mohammad Farhan)

Updated on Jun 05, 2024 05:46 am IST

Review: The Book of Chai by Mira Manek

Chai stories (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jun 04, 2024 05:40 pm IST

Akshaya Bahibala, author, Bhang Journeys – “I believe in the power of stories”

Author and co-founder of The Walking BookFairs bookstore, Akshaya Bahibala (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Jun 03, 2024 08:36 pm IST

Book Box | Meet the history buff turned spy writer Ben Macintyre

Ben Macintyre (Sonya Dutta Choudhury)

Published on Jun 02, 2024 01:39 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book of recipes from across India, a volume that presents the origin story of the Indian Foreign Service, and an exploration of how BR Ambedkar’s London years formed his thoughts on labour, women’s rights and political representation. (HT Team)

Published on May 31, 2024 10:47 pm IST

Interview: Joshy Benedict, author, The Pig Flip

Author Joshy Benedict (Courtesy the publisher)

Published on May 31, 2024 10:47 pm IST

Review: Bullets and Bylines by Shyam Bhatia

Afghan Mujahideen fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan during the 1980s. The invasion started on December 25, 1979. This photograph was taken in Asmar in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. (Pascal Manoukian/Sygma via Getty Images)

Published on May 31, 2024 10:45 pm IST

Nathan Thrall – “Stories have the power to move even the most closed minds”

Author Nathan Thrall (Courtesy www.nathanthrall.com)

Published on May 31, 2024 10:09 pm IST

Review: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Dreams of Rumi (Raul C7/Shutterstock)

Updated on May 31, 2024 07:17 pm IST

Essay: Respect my boundaries, dear peepal

“It all began when my gardener refused to pull out a peepal (ficus religiosa, or sacred fig) sapling growing out of a crevice in my boundary wall.” (Prerna Jain)

Published on May 31, 2024 05:33 pm IST

Review: What is Saved by Aamer Hussein

A view of Karachi at night. (Ibrar Kunri/Shutterstock)

Updated on May 30, 2024 06:37 pm IST

Kailash Satyarthi - “We need to globalise compassion”

Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi (KSCF)

Published on May 29, 2024 09:04 pm IST

A day of readings at the Kashmir Fiction Writers Guild

A writer reads out her short fiction at a meeting of the Kashmir Fiction Writers Guild. (Hilal Mir)

Published on May 28, 2024 06:08 pm IST

Vanessa R Sasson - Each time we learn, our world becomes bigger

Author Vanessa R Sasson (Jaipur Literature Festival)

Published on May 28, 2024 05:07 pm IST

Book Box | Why we need spy stories

Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre(Sonya Dutta Choudhury )

Published on May 25, 2024 06:42 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is an assessment of India-Japan relations, a book that sheds new light on the Manusmriti, and a mixed race author’s cry for an inclusive future. (HT Team)

Published on May 24, 2024 10:54 pm IST

Interview: Swati Narayan, author, Unequal; Why India Lags behind its Neighbours

Author Swati Narayan (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on May 25, 2024 06:24 pm IST

Review: The Collected Stories of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury

A scene from Satyajit Ray’s Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, which was based on a story from Golpomala by his grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 24, 2024 10:51 pm IST

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