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    Nandita Basu, author, Rain Must Fall: ‘Basic human nature doesn’t change’

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    Updated on Nov 2, 2022 15:10 IST
    Nandita Basu (left) with Sayoni Basu of Duckbill Books (Neev Literature Festival)

    Excerpt: Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography

    Madhubala and Kishore Kumar (centre) at the muhurat of Chalti Ka Naam Gadi. (Courtesy Juhi Lahiri Adesara)
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    Updated on Nov 1, 2022 15:26 IST

    Review: The Magicians of Mazda by Ashwin Sanghi

    The Cyrus Cylinder, loaned by the British Museum, on display at Epic Iran, an exhibition at the V&A in London in May 2021. (Peter Nicholls/REUTERS)
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    Updated on Oct 31, 2022 15:34 IST

    Book Box: Confront Your Fears with these Spooky Stories

    Halloween Horrors.
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    Published on Oct 31, 2022 08:30 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    This week’s pick of good reads includes a new collection of short stories from a Booker prize winner, a translation of an eminent Pakistani poet’s work, and a look at why liberal democracy seems to be receding across the world. (HT Team)
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    Published on Oct 28, 2022 14:04 IST

    Interview, Aanchal Malhotra, Author, Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided? - “You learn to take care of the sadness of others”

    Author Aanchal Malhotra (Courtesy HarperCollins)
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    Published on Oct 28, 2022 13:32 IST

    Review: Everything the Light Touches by Janice Pariat

    Like the matryoshka dolls that usually follow a theme, the stories in Pariat’s novel follow the themes of botany and travel. (Shutterstock)
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    Published on Oct 28, 2022 13:18 IST

    Review: India’s Undeclared Emergency by Arvind Narrain

    Student protestors on the streets on 1 January 1975. The Emergency was declared on 25 June of the same year. (HT Photo)
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    Updated on Oct 28, 2022 13:09 IST

    Dating the Mahabharata war – A tale of eclipses, archaeology, and genealogies

    ‘Doot Ghatotkacham’, a play based on the Mahabharata being performed in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, in February 2016. The epic continues to inspire Indians. (Deepak Sansta / Hindustan Times)
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    Published on Oct 28, 2022 12:04 IST

    Excerpt: Tuticorin: Adventures in Tamil Nadu’s Crime Capital by V Sudarshan

    Out in the Tuticorin sun (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on Oct 28, 2022 09:55 IST

    Review: To Live Is to Resist; The Life of Antonio Gramsci by Jean-Yves Frétigné

    Antonio Gramsci (Wikimedia Commons)
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    Updated on Oct 27, 2022 17:44 IST

    Review: The Greatest Enemy of Rain by Manu Bhattathiri

    This could be the man who rages against the rain. (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on Oct 26, 2022 12:22 IST

    Report: Jodhpur RIFF 2022

    The Moonrise session at Jaswant Thada (Jodhpur RIFF/OIJO)
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    Updated on Oct 25, 2022 14:29 IST

    Interview: Ipshita Nath, author, Memsahibs; British Women in Colonial India — ‘They often challenged official narratives’

    Author Ipshita Nath (Courtesy the publisher)
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    Published on Oct 21, 2022 14:07 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    A book on fundamental mathematical concepts, another on the Himalayas, and a third on the many ordinary folk who took part in the struggle for freedom. (HT Team)
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    Published on Oct 21, 2022 14:05 IST

    Review: The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

    Black lives matter: Protesters in Houston, Texas, USA, rally against the murder of George Floyd in this picture dated June 2, 2020. (Adrees Latif/REUTERS)
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    Published on Oct 21, 2022 14:04 IST

    Review: To Raise a Fallen People edited by Rahul Sagar

    Anandibai Joshi, the first Indian woman to become a doctor in modern medicine. Among the highlights of the collection is a speech made in 1883 by Anandibai Joshi. (Caroline Wells Healey Dall/ via Wikimedia Commons)
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    Published on Oct 21, 2022 14:04 IST

    Essay: A tribute to Ismat Chughtai

    Ismat Chughtai in a photograph dated 1st April, 1992. (Babu Ram/HT Photo)
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    Updated on Oct 21, 2022 11:41 IST

    Book Box: The Gifts of Reading

    The Gifts of Reading.
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    Updated on Oct 22, 2022 03:34 IST

    Excerpt: Himalaya by John Keay

    The lure of the Himalayas (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on Oct 20, 2022 15:06 IST

    How an ancient astrological book points to the historical date for King Rama

    A Ram Leela performance in Ghaziabad in October 2019. (Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times)
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    Updated on Oct 20, 2022 09:39 IST

    Review: Unparenting by Reema Ahmad

    Parenting is not the simple act of raising a child. (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on Oct 19, 2022 18:17 IST

    Divya Bhatia: ‘Folk and classical music have much to gain from each other’

    Divya Bhatia, festival director, Jodhpur RIFF (Jodhpur RIFF/OIJO)
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    Updated on Oct 18, 2022 11:38 IST

    Review: Still Life by Anoushka Khan

    An image from Still Life by Anoushka Khan (anoushkakhan.com)
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    Updated on Oct 17, 2022 14:55 IST

    Book Box: The Many Ramayanas

    The Many Ramayanas. 
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    Published on Oct 17, 2022 10:51 IST

    HT Picks; New Reads

    The reading list this week includes the story of coffee in India, a book that brings to life a three-decade-old murder investigation, and a new biography of the father of India’s Constitution. (HT Team)
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    Published on Oct 14, 2022 18:56 IST

    Interview: Kamila Shamsie, author, Best of Friends -- “I’m not interested in writing a stereotype”

    Author Kamila Shamsie (Alex von Tunzelmann)
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    Published on Oct 14, 2022 18:55 IST

    Neev Literature Festival: Nurturing a love of reading

    A very young reader at the Neev Literature Festival (Courtesy the Neev Literature Festival)
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    Published on Oct 14, 2022 18:53 IST

    Review: India’s Pakistan Conundrum by Sharat Sabharwal

    Author Sharat Sabharwal (R) with former PM of Pakistan, Imran Khan (ANI)
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    Published on Oct 14, 2022 18:50 IST

    Chandan Kumar, Screenwriter, Panchayat: ‘Films definitely influence people’

    Chandan Kumar (Courtesy the subject)
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    Updated on Oct 14, 2022 12:42 IST
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