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Emma Byrne: “Swearing is a pain killer”

Published on Mar 18, 2024 15:17 IST
Scientist and author Emma Byrne (Courtesy the subject)

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book that looks at creating relatable contemporary work environments, an account of complex Indian state, and the biography of one of the most inspiring figures of twentieth-century India. (HT Team)
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 14:32 IST

Report: Kerala Literature Festival 2024

Actor and politician Prakash Raj needed no introduction when he appeared before an enthusiastic audience to reaffirm his views on how star power can be a good thing for political and social activism. (Kerala Literature Festival 2024)
Published on Mar 15, 2024 14:25 IST

Review: Marginlands by Arati Kumar-Rao

“After the most enchanting descriptions of how the Thar’s residents have coaxed water and agriculture from a seemingly punishing terrain, she reveals how limestone mines, windmills, and a canal — supposedly harbingers of development — have destroyed its water sources, wildlife, agricultural fields, and knowledge nurtured over centuries. “ (Dietmar Temps/Shutterstock)
Published on Mar 15, 2024 14:24 IST

Alam-Ara turns 93

Zubeida in India's first talkie, Alam Ara, which was released on 14th March 1931 at Majestic Theatre in Bombay. (HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 03:36 IST

Review: Your Utopia by Bora Chung

The titular story follows a sentient automobile on an alien planet. (Shutterstock)
Published on Mar 13, 2024 13:33 IST

Book Box | When I see a woman read

A woman reads a book
Published on Mar 9, 2024 15:30 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book on the status of Gorkhas in India today, a poetry anthology, and a volume that looks at how India’s digital revolution can open its market (HT Team)
Updated on Mar 8, 2024 17:09 IST

The Beast: All the lives we never lived

George Mackay and Lea Seydoux in The Beast (Film still)
Published on Mar 8, 2024 14:44 IST

Report: Kolkata People’s Film Festival

Arundhati Roy in conversation with Kasturi Basu at the Kolkata People’s Film Festival (Courtesy KPFF)
Published on Mar 5, 2024 15:16 IST

Book Box | Letter from Banaras

Harmony BookStore, Banaras
Published on Mar 2, 2024 17:17 IST

The flaneur in Mumbai

Kartik Aaryan: A film star in the crowd heading to Versova pier. (Suhit Bombaywala)
Updated on Mar 2, 2024 03:38 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a collection of Sanskrit love poetry, a book on the India Museum and how it contributed to the representation of the country for a European audience, and an introduction to Australia’s important authors. (HT Team)
Updated on Mar 1, 2024 23:56 IST

Review: Playing Games by Huma Qureshi

Life and heartbreak in London (Shutterstock)
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 13:46 IST