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HT Picks; New Reads
Published on Oct 21, 2022 07:35 PM IST
The reading list this week includes a book on fundamental mathematical concepts, a new look at how climate change is recasting the Himalayas, and a volume on the numerous ordinary people who stood up to the British during the freedom struggle
HT Team
Review: The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
A novella about more than race relations, this is also a tender love story and an examination of parent-child relationships
Published on Oct 21, 2022 07:34 PM IST
Maaz Bin Bilal
Review: To Raise a Fallen People edited by Rahul Sagar
This anthology of essays reveals what Indian intellectuals of the 19th century thought and said on several issues that remain contentious today
Published on Oct 21, 2022 07:34 PM IST
Samrat Choudhury
Essay: A tribute to Ismat Chughtai
Remembering the radical Urdu literary figure as her 31st death anniversary approaches
Updated on Oct 21, 2022 05:11 PM IST
Shoma A Chatterji
Book Box: The Gifts of Reading
Celebrate Diwali with these exquisite essays on why books make the best presents. Dip into this reading guide and buy these book gifts.
Updated on Oct 22, 2022 09:04 AM IST
Excerpt: Himalaya by John Keay
From Denisovans on the roof of the world to Siberian Buddhist spies in Lhasa and Zorawar Singh’s dream of invading Yarkand, the scope of this book is almost as breathtaking as its subject. This extract from the prologue looks at Francis Younghusband’s expeditions to Tibet in the early 1900s
Updated on Oct 20, 2022 08:36 PM IST
John Keay
How an ancient astrological book points to the historical date for King Rama
A study of the Yuga Purana alongside expert sources and astronomical evidence about eclipses suggests a likely date
Updated on Oct 20, 2022 03:09 PM IST
Brishti Guha and Indrani Guha
Review: Unparenting by Reema Ahmad
Combining her personal experiences and inputs from her growing son, author and psychologist Reema Ahmed presents the contours of her favoured new parenting model
Updated on Oct 19, 2022 11:47 PM IST
Shafey Kidwai
Divya Bhatia: ‘Folk and classical music have much to gain from each other’
On the Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan International Folk Festival) that was held from October 6 to 10 this year at the Mehrangarh Fort
Updated on Oct 18, 2022 05:08 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Still Life by Anoushka Khan
A meditative graphic novel about an introverted young woman who sets out to find her missing husband
Updated on Oct 17, 2022 08:25 PM IST
Neha Kirpal
Book Box: The Many Ramayanas
Celebrate Diwali with many Ramayanas. And meet Sumedha Verma Ojha, translator of the beautiful Mewar Ramayana, who read her first Ramayana at 9.
Published on Oct 17, 2022 04:21 PM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
On the list of good reads this week is a book that traces the history of coffee in India, true crime based on a 30-year-old case, and a new biography that traces the arc of a great man’s life
Published on Oct 15, 2022 12:26 AM IST
HT Team
Interview: Kamila Shamsie, author, Best of Friends -- “I’m not interested in writing a stereotype”
Set in Karachi and London, the novelist’s latest book is an exploration of power, success and life-changing dilemmas
Published on Oct 15, 2022 12:25 AM IST
Syed Saad Ahmed
Neev Literature Festival: Nurturing a love of reading
Children and young adult readers enjoyed interacting with authors, illustrators, publishers, storytellers, and librarians from different parts of the country at the Neev Literature Festival in Bengaluru on September 24 and 25
Published on Oct 15, 2022 12:23 AM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: India’s Pakistan Conundrum by Sharat Sabharwal
A former Indian high commissioner in Islamabad takes an incisive look at the internal dynamics of the Pakistani state and its impact on India
Published on Oct 15, 2022 12:20 AM IST
Chandan Kumar, Screenwriter, Panchayat: ‘Films definitely influence people’
On building a world and developing characters, on how his life experience reflects in his work, defining the Indian sensibility, and the need to have every sort of film
Updated on Oct 14, 2022 06:12 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
Review: You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
The actor’s memoir talks about breaking into Hollywood, his time on Obama’s team and about being a gay man comfortable with his sexual orientation
Updated on Oct 13, 2022 08:22 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Akbar of Hindustan by Parvati Sharma
A richly detailed portrait of the most popular Mughal ruler,that brings alive the sounds and sights of the Akbarid era
Updated on Oct 13, 2022 01:18 PM IST
Lamat R Hasan
Essay: The reader between fiction and non-fiction
While non fiction provides the reader with the utilitarian knowledge she believes is urgently necessary in a world in crisis, the interest in other lives is no longer satisfied by the novel
Updated on Oct 12, 2022 09:35 PM IST
Saikat Majumdar
Excerpt: Cubbon Park by Roopa Pai: ‘meeting place, sanctuary and thoroughfare’
This extract from the introductory chapter to a book on the city’s green cathedral pinpoints why it is so dear to citizens
Updated on Oct 11, 2022 06:04 PM IST
Roopa Pai
Review: No Way In by Udayan Mukherjee
A novel that examines the economic and religious fault lines that divide contemporary India
Updated on Oct 10, 2022 09:10 PM IST
Neha Kirpal
Review: Deewan-e-Ghalib – Sariir-e-Khaama translated by Najeeb Jung
Though many have translated some of Ghalib into English, Najeeb Jung is the first to undertake the Herculean task of translating the poet’s entire output
Published on Oct 07, 2022 07:52 PM IST
Mahmood Farooqui
Book Box: Fiction for Economists
Why reading fiction will help you be a better economist, plus 5 fiction books with economic themes.
Published on Oct 07, 2022 06:05 PM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s reading list includes the social, cultural, and political history of the Anglo-Indian community, a memoir-cum-travelogue that is a record of a young man’s unusual journey of self-discovery, and a book that talks about ways in which organizations and individuals can effect change in democratic societies
Published on Oct 07, 2022 05:09 PM IST
HT Team
Review: In the Name of the Lord by Sister Lucy Kalapura
The nun’s book about her experience with the Catholic Church reveals an institution that seemingly turns a blind eye to bullying and sexual excesses
Published on Oct 07, 2022 05:08 PM IST
Kinshuk Gupta
Interview, David Davidar, publisher Aleph, editor, A Case of Indian Marvels - “These stories will stand the test of time.”
In your introduction, you mention that the sole criterion for including stories was “literary excellence”
Published on Oct 07, 2022 05:07 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Essay: The accidental volunteer
Monasteries, stony football fields, pashmina cooperatives, and great quantities of butter tea... On a Wodehousian adventure in Leh
Updated on Oct 07, 2022 04:23 PM IST
Percy Bharucha
Review: Sisterhood Economy Of, By, For Wo(men) by Shaili Chopra
Including hundreds of stories and written in an empathetic style, Shaili Chopra’s book succeeds in highlighting the daily miseries of Indian women across class and caste
Updated on Oct 06, 2022 07:41 PM IST
Lamat R Hasan
Review: Honor by Thrity Umrigar
A tale of two couples and the sometimes dangerous challenges of love across religious and cultural divides
Published on Oct 06, 2022 03:13 PM IST
Swati Rai
Interview: Samina Mishra, author, Jamlo Walks
On her children’s book on the 12-year-old tribal girl who died as she walked back home to Bastar during the lockdown
Updated on Oct 05, 2022 06:42 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
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