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Hooked and booked
Column- When couples turn their love for books into lifelong passion projects
Updated on Aug 08, 2019 04:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Piyush Jha
Book Review: Dare Eat That by Divya Anand
Author Divya Anand explores that very realm through her book, and shows a side of world cuisine that we often end up ignoring.
Updated on Aug 07, 2019 05:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Aditya Dogra
Photos: Remembering Toni Morrison, doyenne of literature for freedom
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Updated on Aug 08, 2019 12:14 PM IST
Notable quotes by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who died Monday at age 88
Toni Morrison’s novels included The Bluest Eye, Beloved, and its sequel, Jazz. Here are some quotes by the acclaimed author.
Updated on Jun 11, 2020 01:45 AM IST
New York | Associated Press
Newly discovered Marcel Proust novellas to be published in October
The nine texts by the author of Swann’s Way were originally to be part of his first book, Les Plaisirs et les Jours (Pleasures and Days), a collection of poems and short stories published in 1896.
Updated on Aug 06, 2019 01:42 PM IST
Paris | Agence France-Presse
Social reformer and author Sri M on meditation, comics and more
As humour slyly enters the writings of the social reformer and author, he explains what he prefers to read, on the sidelines of his newly released book On Meditation.
Updated on Aug 06, 2019 01:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Henna Rakheja
I avoid self-help books: Kalki Koechlin
Kalki Koechlin tells us which are her favourite books, what she reads while travelling and more.
Updated on Aug 06, 2019 12:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Navneet Vyasan
Storytelling bots to help concoct interesting endings
In a paper presented at the Second Workshop of Storytelling, a model for generating endings that will be both relevant to the story and diverse enough to be interesting, was shown.
Updated on Aug 05, 2019 03:26 PM IST
Asian News International | Asian News International, Washington D.c.
Lisa Ray: I love Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing
Actor Lisa Ray rekindles the book worm in her to encounter some rapid fire questions.
Updated on Aug 05, 2019 10:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Henna Rakheja, New Delhi
Review: Mother India by Tova Reich
Real life events and characters are mixed with manic fictional ones in Tova Reich’s Mother India
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 09:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saudamini Jain
Review: Babu Bangladesh! by Numair A Choudhury
Effortlessly jumping genres, Babu Bangladesh! is a work of genius that is as much the story of Babu as of the bloody birth of Bangladesh
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 09:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Lamat R Hasan
Essay: On Sita Under the Crescent Moon by Annie Ali Khan
A remarkable testimony to the resilience of women, Sita Under the Crescent Moon by Annie Ali Khan, who died tragically last year, follows women on pilgrimages to Sufi shrines at Mango Pir, Hinglaj, Thatta, and Sehwan Sharif in Pakistan to show how, under the shadow of militant majoritarianism, women are keeping alive the memories of Sita’s exile, and her ultimate sacrifice
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 09:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Manan Ahmed Asif
Excerpt: Sita Under the Crescent Moon by Annie Ali Khan
In Sita Under the Crescent Moon, Annie Ali Khan travels with women pilgrims to Sufi shrines across Pakistan to see how they worship Sita. In this particularly powerful excerpt, the author ponders on the pain of womanhood
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 09:12 AM IST
Annie Ali Khan
One American in Paris by author and Nobel laureate John Steinbeck, published
The heroes of One American in Paris represent a more privileged class: a French chef, his trusted cat Apollo — and the unexpected zest of Apollo’s catnip.
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 09:02 AM IST
New York | Associated Press
Lisa Marie Presley signs book deal on a story about Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of singer Elvis Presley, has signed a massive deal for the book she is writing about her ex Michael Jackson and a new perspective on her father, Elvis Presley.
Updated on Aug 01, 2019 03:53 PM IST
Washington D.C. [USA] | Asian News International
Happy birthday J.K. Rowling: 15 quotes by the magical author on life, friendship and hope
Happy birthday J.K. Rowling: Here are 15 inspirational quotes by the author who has magicked her way into our hearts and continues to ‘swish and flick’ the wand of hope for all of us.
Updated on Jun 08, 2020 02:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Saumya Sharma
Bhagavat Purana manuscript, preserved by the Wodeyars of Mysore, turned into book
A surviving manuscript of the Bhagavat Purana from South India, detailing the exploits of Lord Krishna in his later years, has been transformed into an illustrated book by eminent art historian B N Goswamy.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 09:42 AM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
Art House: Mansion that inspired Scarlett O’Hara-Rhett Butler’s first meeting place in Gone With The Wind auctioned
The house that inspired Twelve Oaks in the film Gone With The Wind has been auctioned. A fan pays homage to the iconic literary address
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 07:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
Excerpt: Grit, Gravel and Gear by Dhruv Bogra
Dhruv Bogra’s inspirational account of cycling from the Arctic to the Andes combines acute observation of the societies he encounters with a deep introspection of his own life. This excerpt from Chapter 8, Pedaling Amidst Icefields, details his journey through the spectacular Canadian Rockies
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhruv Bogra
Review: Dark Blossom by Neel Mullick
The writing is sharp in Dark Blossom, which features a female protagonist slowly coming to terms with an abusive past relationship
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Simar Bhasin
Essay: Demolishing the women’s ghetto
Mita Kapur writes of the need to do away with categorizing writers according to their gender
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mita Kapur
Excerpt: A Gallery of Rascals by Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond’s new book, A Gallery of Rascals, includes new stories that feature delightful rogues. Reproduced exclusively in HT, here’s Sher Singh and the Hot-Water Bottle
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Secret lives of poets
Column- The minutiae of poets’ daily existence can sometimes speak louder than their verse, writes author and filmmaker Piyush Jha
Published on Jul 25, 2019 07:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Piyush Jha
HT Picks – The most interesting books of the week
Indian churches, the violent teen gangs of Naples and the dark side of Indian pharma all feature in HT’s list of interesting books this week
Published on Jul 19, 2019 07:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Team
Review: Animal Intimacies by Radhika Govindrajan
Radhika Govindrajan’s Animal Intimacies looks at the distinct fellowship between humans and animals in the mountain villages of Uttarakhand
Updated on Jul 19, 2019 07:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sudhirendar Sharma
Review: This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar’s Tale: Two Anti-Novels by Subimal Misra
This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar’s Tale: Two Anti-Novels presents a collection of visions, diary entries, newspaper clippings, cinematic key frames and vignettes written by the anti-establishment activist Subimal Misra
Published on Jul 19, 2019 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Percy Bharucha
Review: Afghan Hindus and Sikhs by Inderjeet Singh
Inderjeet Singh’s book aims to prove that Afghan Hindus and Sikhs are an indigenous people and not recent settlers
Updated on Jul 19, 2019 07:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saaz Aggarwal
Royal misses: lost and found
Women writers have uncovered surprising new details about India’s women who made history, but whom history forgot
Updated on Jul 22, 2019 12:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Paramita Ghosh
Divya Dutta: I still put old music, and pick up a book I want to read
Actor Divya Dutta, speaks about her best travel companion—books—and penning a book of short stories.
Updated on Jul 17, 2019 02:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Naina Arora, New Delhi
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