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Review: Intertidal; A Coast and Marsh Diary by Yuvan Aves

Published on May 24, 2024 10:49 pm IST

Chennai’s coastline (Shutterstock)

Essay: On provincial time

A view of the road to Siliguri. “This is perhaps the only time “slow” is a compliment. “Slow time.” I’d hear it occasionally as a child, from my father’s friends and colleagues who would come to visit us in Siliguri, the sub-Himalayan town in Bengal where I grew up.” (Vikas Newar)

Updated on May 24, 2024 08:22 pm IST

Neeraj Udhwani – “The OTT boom has been a blessing for writers”

Director and screenwriter Neeraj Udhwani (Courtesy the subject)

Published on May 23, 2024 07:40 pm IST

Review: A Natural History of Violence by Ankush Saikia

The middle class locality of Kalkaji in New Delhi was originally established to accommodate Partition refugees from Pakistan – people exactly like the family at the centre of Ankush Saikia’s A Natural History of Violence. (Tribhuwan Sharma/Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 23, 2024 05:46 am IST

Review: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

East Berlin in 1990. (Felix O / Wikimedia Commons)

Published on May 22, 2024 03:25 pm IST

Kira Josefsson – “Working to bring Ia’s words into English was an unalloyed joy”

Translator Kira Josefsson (Courtesy thebookerprizes.com)

Published on May 21, 2024 05:39 pm IST

Dublin: home of the world’s greatest storytellers

People celebrating Bloomsday outside The Bailey pub in Dublin on 16th June 2023. Bloomsday celebrates the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses. (Derick P Hudson/Shutterstock)

Published on May 21, 2024 04:08 pm IST

Book Box | My emotional reading journey through the Women's Prize shortlist

The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist is enticing

Published on May 19, 2024 12:02 am IST

Simon Rowe - “I wanted to flip the stereotype of the hard-drinking male detective”

Author Simon Rowe (Courtesy the publisher)

Updated on May 18, 2024 05:28 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is the next edition of the Temple Hill murder mystery series, a novel about how individuals play a counterpoint to big movements in history, and a collection of Korean short fiction. (HT Team)

Updated on May 18, 2024 05:18 am IST

Review: Maria Just Maria by Sandhya Mary

A seemingly “normal” girl cycling down a street in Kochi, Kerala. (Matthew Williams-Ellis/Universal via Getty Images)

Updated on May 18, 2024 05:14 am IST

Ruskin Bond: Laughing into his 90th year

Ruskin Bond at work. (Courtesy Harper Collins)

Updated on May 18, 2024 05:10 am IST

Page to Screen: Poor Things – Gray’s anatomy vs Lanthimos’s biopsy

Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures)

Updated on May 17, 2024 05:16 pm IST

Reflecting on The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

A dancer at the Cinco de Mayo celebrations in San Diego. The festival celebrates Mexico’s victory over France on May 5, 1862 and is a powerful symbol of Mexican pride. (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 16, 2024 08:23 pm IST

Raghuram G Rajan - “Everyone should have a chance to succeed”

Rohit Lamba (L) and Raghuram G Rajan at the Kolkata Literary Meet (Kolkata Literary Meet)

Published on May 16, 2024 08:07 pm IST

Review: Beneath the Simolu Tree by Sarmistha Pritam

A view of the landscape of Assam. (Shutterstock)

Published on May 15, 2024 08:17 pm IST

Battue La Terre: Love lost on the tennis court

Battue La Terre (or Beaten Earth in English) is about two individuals meeting one last time on a tennis court to bid each other adieu. (Andreas Eggler)

Updated on May 14, 2024 09:09 pm IST

Review: Tell Me How To Be by Neel Patel

Indian Americans marching in a parade in New York. (Andy Katz/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Published on May 13, 2024 08:47 pm IST

Sara Rai's Raw Umber makes you crave the forgotten languages of your life

Sara Rai(Courtesy: Sara Rai)

Published on May 12, 2024 12:52 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes an old classic about working for the conservation of reptiles, a book on people from small towns, and a picture book featuring a female auto driver (HT Team)

Published on May 10, 2024 09:56 pm IST

Interview: Jente Posthuma, author, What I’d Rather Not Think About, and translator Sarah Timmer Harvey

Author Jente Posthuma (Bas Uterwijk)

Published on May 10, 2024 09:55 pm IST

Review: The Boy Who Built a Secret Garden by Lavanya Karthik

Nek Chand in the Rock Garden, Chandigarh, in 1997. (Raphael Gaillarde/Getty Images)

Published on May 10, 2024 09:53 pm IST

Review: Descent into Paradise by Daniel Bosley

The spectacular beauty of Maldives. (Shutterstock)

Published on May 10, 2024 09:48 pm IST

On re-reading books

“I grew up reading about explorers and reluctant chosen ones, unlikely trios and bands of misfits sticking together, overcoming adversity while fighting against slanted odds. I cared less about their success, and more about their unwavering belief in themselves.” (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 10, 2024 09:14 pm IST

Review: Reading the Constitution by Stephen Breyer

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (Wikimedia Commons)

Published on May 10, 2024 04:52 pm IST

Review: Raising the Bar by Pinky Anand and Saudamini Sharma

Women from Punjab arrive in New Delhi on 14 June 1975 to support Indira Gandhi after the Allahabad High Court ruled her election void on account of electoral malpractices. (Virendra Prabhakar/HT Photo)

Updated on May 09, 2024 03:27 pm IST

Report: Banaras Literature Festival 2024

Journalist Santosh Singh in conversation with Vinay Kumar, author, Yakshini. (Banaras Literature Festival)

Published on May 08, 2024 09:34 pm IST

Tarun Tahiliani: “Designers being whimsical is a misconception”

Designer Tarun Tahiliani (Courtesy the subject)

Published on May 07, 2024 09:18 pm IST

Homage to Feluda

Satyajit Ray. (HT Photo)

Published on May 07, 2024 09:17 pm IST

Book Box | Goodbye Paul Auster and CJ Sansom, masters of mystery and intrigue

The books of Paul Auster and C J Sansom

Published on May 05, 2024 12:26 am IST

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