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    Essay: On provincial time

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    Updated on May 24, 2024 14:52 IST
    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)

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

    Director and screenwriter Neeraj Udhwani (Courtesy the subject)
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    Published on May 23, 2024 14:10 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)
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    Updated on May 23, 2024 24:16 IST

    Review: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

    East Berlin in 1990. (Felix O / Wikimedia Commons)
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    Published on May 22, 2024 09:55 IST

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

    Translator Kira Josefsson (Courtesy thebookerprizes.com)
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    Published on May 21, 2024 12:09 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)
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    Published on May 21, 2024 10:38 IST

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

    The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist is enticing
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    Published on May 18, 2024 18:32 IST

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

    Author Simon Rowe (Courtesy the publisher)
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    Updated on May 17, 2024 23:58 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)
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    Updated on May 17, 2024 23:48 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)
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    Updated on May 17, 2024 23:44 IST

    Ruskin Bond: Laughing into his 90th year

    Ruskin Bond at work. (Courtesy Harper Collins)
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    Updated on May 17, 2024 23:40 IST

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

    Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures)
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    Updated on May 17, 2024 11:46 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)
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    Updated on May 16, 2024 14:53 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)
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    Published on May 16, 2024 14:37 IST

    Review: Beneath the Simolu Tree by Sarmistha Pritam

    A view of the landscape of Assam. (Shutterstock)
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    Published on May 15, 2024 14:47 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)
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    Updated on May 14, 2024 15:39 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)
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    Published on May 13, 2024 15:17 IST

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

    Sara Rai
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    Published on May 11, 2024 19:22 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)
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    Published on May 10, 2024 16:26 IST

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

    Author Jente Posthuma (Bas Uterwijk)
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    Published on May 10, 2024 16:25 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)
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    Published on May 10, 2024 16:23 IST

    Review: Descent into Paradise by Daniel Bosley

    The spectacular beauty of Maldives. (Shutterstock)
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    Published on May 10, 2024 16:18 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)
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    Updated on May 10, 2024 15:44 IST

    Review: Reading the Constitution by Stephen Breyer

    US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (Wikimedia Commons)
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    Published on May 10, 2024 11:22 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)
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    Updated on May 9, 2024 09:57 IST

    Report: Banaras Literature Festival 2024

    Journalist Santosh Singh in conversation with Vinay Kumar, author, Yakshini. (Banaras Literature Festival)
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    Published on May 8, 2024 16:04 IST

    Tarun Tahiliani: “Designers being whimsical is a misconception”

    Designer Tarun Tahiliani (Courtesy the subject)
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    Published on May 7, 2024 15:48 IST

    Homage to Feluda

    Satyajit Ray. (HT Photo)
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    Published on May 7, 2024 15:47 IST

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

    The books of Paul Auster and C J Sansom
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    Published on May 4, 2024 18:56 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a selection of some of the most renowned episodes of Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas, a collection of hyper-real stories by leading Bengali writer Mashiul Alam, and a series of conversations on the psychology of war and peace. (HT Team)
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    Updated on May 4, 2024 08:20 IST
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