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Bihar Diaries: IPS Amit Lodha’s life makes for thrilling book, Bollywood film
Hindustan Times | By Henna Rakheja, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 25, 2018 12:16 PM IST
IPS officer Amit Lodha talks about his debut book, Bihar Diaries, which will be made into a Bollywood movie by filmmaker Neeraj Pandey; and has even acquired interest of Bahubali-actor Rana Daggubati.
HT-Nielsen top 10: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck tops non-fiction list
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 21, 2018 08:28 AM IST
Here’s your weekly guide to the best-selling fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
Review: Points of Entry; Encounters at the Origin-Sites of Pakistan by Nadeem Farooq Paracha
Hindustan Times | By Manjula Narayan
UPDATED ON JUL 21, 2018 02:05 AM IST
A nuanced collection of essays on the history, culture and politics of Pakista
Review: Points of Entry; Encounters at the Origin-sites of Pakistan by Nadeem Farooq Paracha
Hindustan Times | By Manjula Narayan
UPDATED ON JUL 21, 2018 02:04 AM IST
A nuanced collection of essays on the history, culture and politics of Pakistan
Gojri: The language that’s spoken but rarely read
Hindustan Times | By Hilal Mir
UPDATED ON JUL 28, 2018 09:17 AM IST
Spoken by the Gujjars and Bakerwals of J&K, Gojri, which is not taught at school, continues to be marginal even though its speakers are the third largest ethnic group in the state after the Kashmiris and the Dogras
Review: Nayak - The Hero The Satyajit Ray film novelized by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
Hindustan Times | By Revati Laul
UPDATED ON JUL 21, 2018 12:23 AM IST
The 1966 Satyajit Ray classic, Nayak – The Hero, is a psychological drama. This book adaptation is a wonderful read.
HT Picks: The week’s most interesting reads
Hindustan Times | By HT Team
UPDATED ON JUL 21, 2018 12:10 AM IST
This week’s reading list includes a book on the monsoon, another on the hippie trail, and one on Rajneesh in the US
Excerpt: Shapeshifters; On Medicine & Human Change by Gavin Francis
Hindustan Times | By Gavin Francis
UPDATED ON JUL 20, 2018 11:44 PM IST
Our minds and bodies change constantly. This excerpt from a book that charts human transformations looks at tattooing
Excerpt: Being Pakistani; Society, Culture and the Arts by Raza Rumi
Hindustan Times | By Raza Rumi
UPDATED ON JUL 20, 2018 10:43 PM IST
While Alamgir was not famous across India, Runa Laila was wildly popular in the 1970s and her songs continue to fascinate. A look at these pioneers of Pakistani Pop
God Won’t Help: A book that teaches humans to live life like there’s no God to blame
Hindustan Times | By Henna Rakheja, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2018 06:26 PM IST
Management consultant turned author Rajiv Grover’s debut book tells people to live life by not holding God responsible for their happiness or sorrow.
Here are 4 football books as Fifa World Cup 2018 comes to an end
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Prerna Madan
UPDATED ON JUL 15, 2018 10:50 PM IST
Don’t fret. Even though the Fifa World Cup 2018 has come to a close, there are enough books on football to keep you hooked. Here are the four we recommend.
HT-Nielsen top 10: The Alchemist rules the top fiction list, Calling Sehmat at no. 2
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 14, 2018 08:59 AM IST
Here’s your weekly guide to the best-selling fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
How LK Advani’s secret meeting paved way for Agra summit: Excerpt from Karan Thapar’s book
Hindustan Times | By Karan Thapar
UPDATED ON JUL 15, 2018 04:15 PM IST
Karan Thapar’s new book reveals how LK Advani’s secret meetings in 2000-2001 with the then Pakistani high commissioner paved the way for the Agra Summit and for the BJP leader’s changed attitude to Pakistan. An exclusive extract
HT Picks: A selection of good reads
Hindustan Times | By HT Team
UPDATED ON JUL 13, 2018 09:09 PM IST
This week’s interesting reads includes a book on Indian billionaires, one that weaves together history and Hindi film songs, and another on Krishna
Review: 13 Years; A Naxalite’s Prison Diary by Ramchandra Singh
Hindustan Times | By Manjula Narayan
UPDATED ON JUL 13, 2018 08:33 PM IST
Ramchandra Singh’s prison diary captures the ideological and physical struggles of a young man of the Naxalbari generation
Review: Adi Shankaracharya - Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker by Pavan K Varma
Hindustan Times | By Rahul Jayaram
UPDATED ON JUL 13, 2018 08:06 PM IST
Pavan K Varma argues that Adi Shankara’s monist Advaita Vedanta philosophy is among the most significant philosophical currents of any time, anywhere
Espionage and terror: Former RA&W chief Vikram Sood’s insights into Pakistan’s role in funding militancy
Hindustan Times | By Vikram Sood
UPDATED ON JUL 14, 2018 10:24 AM IST
This excerpt from former RA&W chief Vikram Sood’s The Unending Game gives an insight into the funding of terrorist organizations deployed by Pakistan against India
HT-Nielsen top 10: The Alchemist continues to top the best-selling fiction list
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JUL 07, 2018 09:18 AM IST
Here’s your weekly guide to the best-selling fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
HT Picks: This week’s interesting reads
Hindustan Times | By HT Team
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2018 10:41 PM IST
A book on Pakistani society and culture, one that examines changes in our bodies, and a novel about a girl caught in a revolution are all good reads
Review: Infinite Variety; A History of Desire in India by Madhavi Menon
Hindustan Times | By Manjula Narayan
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2018 10:27 PM IST
A fascinating look at objects, relations, acts and places and, through them, the history of desire in India
Excerpt: Infinite Variety; A History of Desire in India by Madhavi Menon
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2018 10:23 PM IST
Hair has been a marker of sexual attractiveness in India across gender and religions. This edited excerpt looks at the history of hairy desire in the country
Now, a female Watson
Hindustan Times | By Rachel Lopez
PUBLISHED ON JUL 06, 2018 09:34 PM IST
The pros and cons of a female Watson
In between cases, he played the violin...
Hindustan Times | By Vasudev Murthy
UPDATED ON JUL 14, 2018 09:47 AM IST
Music was very important to Sherlock Holmes
A discovery of India via Conan Doyle: What coloured Sherlock Holmes creator’s views on India
By Debkumar Mitra
UPDATED ON JUL 09, 2018 12:09 AM IST
Was Sherlock holmes an unwitting mouthpiece of his creator Conan Doyle’s colonial theories?
Review: Blessings from Beijing: Inside China’s Soft-power War on Tibet by Greg Bruno
Hindustan Times | By Thubten Samphel
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2018 08:16 PM IST
Greg Bruno, who has travelled through Tibetan communities across the world, expresses both fear and hope about the future of Tibet
For Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler was always ‘the woman’
Hindustan Times | By J Alfred Prufrock
UPDATED ON JUL 14, 2018 09:47 AM IST
The King of Bohemia is enchanted by her. Sherlock Holmes considers is impressed by her. In the entire Holmes canon, Adler is a unique figure
Excerpt: India Moving by Chinmay Tumbe
Hindustan Times | By Chinmay Tumbe
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2018 07:25 PM IST
In this excerpt from India Moving, author Chinmay Tumbe looks at the largest and longest non-coerced migration stream for work in documented history
Bruce Lee, Sterling Hayden private lives explored in new books
Associated Press | By Associated Press
UPDATED ON JUL 03, 2018 01:59 PM IST
New biographies explore with unusual depth the private lives of Bruce Lee and Sterling Hayden. They were unlikely movie stars, whose screen legacies rely on just a handful of films.
Wondering what life in North Korea is like? Read these 4 books to find out
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Prerna Madan
UPDATED ON JUL 01, 2018 10:43 AM IST
In the times of Trump-Kim summit, it’s more important than ever to know what happens inside the hermit kingdom. Here are four books to read on North Korea.
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