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Poetry: Longing for a homeland never seen

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru addressing people at the Chhatarpur Co-operative farming colony near Mehrauli, Delhi, where 35 refugee families from Sind and Bahawalpur were settled. (PIB-HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 29, 2023 03:18 IST

Flowers, guns, and stereotypes

“Since my project was essentially in public spaces, the men on the streets excitedly agreed to pose” - Oriane Zerah (Courtesy Alliance Française de Delhi)
Published on Sep 26, 2023 12:20 IST

To be saved by bell hooks

Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021) better known as bell hooks (Flickr Commons)
Updated on Sep 25, 2023 12:48 IST

Book Box: Gita's karma, India's boon

A River Sutra
Published on Sep 23, 2023 04:50 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s list of interesting reads includes a collection of short fiction, a book on India’s perfume trade, and a volume of 24 Gitas from the Mahabharata. (HT Team)
Published on Sep 22, 2023 12:36 IST

Review: Cockatoo by Yashraj Goswami

A life in the shadows. (Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Sep 22, 2023 12:32 IST

Review: House of the People by Ronojoy Sen

Members of Parliament voting on clauses of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on September 20, 2023. (ANI/Sansad TV)
Updated on Sep 22, 2023 12:55 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book on the Indian village, another on Indian women wildlife biologists and their journeys across the country’s wild spaces, and the memoir of an academic and activist. (HT Team)
Published on Sep 15, 2023 17:38 IST

Essay: Partition and the inheritance of loss

Lady Mountbatten among Hindu evacuees at the Punjab Scouts Camp, Lyallpur, during the partition of India. (Photo Division, Government of India/Wikimedia Commons)
Published on Sep 15, 2023 12:52 IST

Essay: Gazing up at the family tree

The writer’s grandfather, Syed Ayub Raza (Courtesy Lamat R Hasan)
Published on Sep 14, 2023 16:06 IST

Review: The Broken Script by Swapna Liddle

Old view of Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi. Created by De Bar and De Berard, it was published in L’Illustration, Journal Universel, Paris, 1857. (Marzolino/Shutterstock)
Updated on Sep 14, 2023 09:30 IST

Review: Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

Immigrant life: An Indian takeaway in the UK (Daniel Bond /Shutterstock)
Updated on Sep 12, 2023 15:00 IST