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V Srinivas: “My fiction writing style is like that of a surgeon – cut and dry”

Updated on Jan 24, 2026 10:59 am IST

Author V Srinivas (Courtesy the subject)

Harini Nagendra: “I didn’t come up with the character; she came to me”

Author Harini Nagendra (Courtesy harininagendra.com)

Published on Jan 22, 2026 11:42 am IST

Mahasweta Devi; beyond binaries

Mahasweta Devi in a photograph dated 9 June 2002 (Virendra Singh)

Updated on Jan 20, 2026 05:56 pm IST

Review: Dear Alyne by Alyne Tamir

Author Alyne Tamir (Courtesy dearalyne.com)

Published on Jan 20, 2026 04:53 pm IST

Robin Coningham: “I think that archaeology is never neutral”

Robin Coningham specialises in South Asian archaeology. (Courtesy Kerala Literature Festival)

Published on Jan 19, 2026 08:18 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a collection from one of India’s best poets, a novel that explores the cost of knowing too much, and an adaptation of a classic. (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on Jan 16, 2026 10:33 pm IST

Anuradha Roy: “The readership for literary fiction in English is small”

Author Anuradha Roy (Sheela Roy)

Updated on Jan 17, 2026 01:07 pm IST

Review: The Mother by Peter Heehs

A portrait of The Mother (Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Published on Jan 16, 2026 10:27 pm IST

Review: Wings of Valour bySwapnil Pandey

Indian Air Force; Flying high. (Courtesy https://x.com/IAF_MCC)

Published on Jan 16, 2026 10:18 pm IST

Kittel and Kannada; a match made in linguistic heaven

A still from Prashant Pandit’s documentary film, The Word and the Teacher. (Film still)

Updated on Jan 16, 2026 03:34 pm IST

How well do you know the person lying next to you in bed?

Representational image. (Photograph: Bridgeman Images)

Updated on Jan 16, 2026 11:22 am IST

Report: Neev Literature Festival

Author and illustrator Garima Gupta leading a session at Neev Literature Festival 2025 (Courtesy Neev Literature Festival)

Updated on Jan 16, 2026 03:37 pm IST

Review: The Case of the Mysterious Witches by Mallika Ravikumar

A photograph from December 2013 of Shanti Sandipurti from Bandgaon in Jharkhand. She was accused of being a witch. (Ramesh Pathania/Mint Archive)

Updated on Jan 15, 2026 06:13 am IST

Review: The Master of Unfinished Things by Geet Chaturvedi

Hindi literature rarely features writing on cats. However, one of the pieces in this collection, Cat Years, is riveting. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 14, 2026 01:10 pm IST

Review: The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

The city of Prague — along with its Gothic architecture, century-old legends and occult and mystical history — serves as a character in this story. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 14, 2026 05:31 pm IST

Benjamin Moser: “As a Jew, it is important for me to speak out against Zionism”

Author and translator Benjamin Moser (Jaipur Literature Festival)

Updated on Jan 13, 2026 06:04 am IST

Review: Burns Boy by Krupa Ge

A burns ward. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 10, 2026 03:38 am IST

Review: The Only City edited by Anindita Ghose

Commuters at Kandivali station in Mumbai. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 10, 2026 03:18 am IST

Kumi Kimura: “My experience in India influenced the writing of the book”

Author Kumi Kimura (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Jan 10, 2026 03:12 am IST

HT Picks New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a collection of short stories set across the country that captures the interplay between the personal and the political, an autobiography that presents a true picture of the author’s marriage, and a chef’s memoir that shows cooking really is about memory, survival and the making of the self (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on Jan 10, 2026 03:10 am IST

Drink deep at these historical wonders

The Fountain Je-Deau at Geneva, Switzerland (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 09, 2026 01:40 pm IST

Gastronomika and the regeneration plate

A dish from the Mar Menor region in Murcia, Spain, known for fresh seafood, which was showcased at the San Sebastián Gastronomika festival. (Courtesy www.sansebastiangastronomika.com)

Published on Jan 08, 2026 05:42 pm IST

Six books to read about Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (AFP)

Updated on Jan 08, 2026 12:39 pm IST

On watching It Was Just an Accident

A scene from It Was Just an Accident (Film still)

Published on Jan 07, 2026 07:32 pm IST

Report: Rainbow Literature Festival

The “Morality and Sexuality” panel set the tone for the festival. (L–R) Anish Gawande, Vani Vishwanathan, Jaya Sharma, Sindhu Rajasekaran, Prachi Gangwani. (Rainbow Literature Festival)

Published on Jan 06, 2026 06:51 pm IST

Review: I’m Not Lazy, I’m On Energy Saving Mode by Dancing Snail

A therapy session in progress. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 06, 2026 05:50 pm IST

Aparajith Ramnath: “Visvesvaraya’s role has not received enough attention”

Author Aparajith Ramnath (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Jan 05, 2026 09:37 pm IST

Review: Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov

Children on a street in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1950. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 02, 2026 09:06 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a Dalit woman’s chronicle of her struggle, a book on the Keeladi excavation, and an urgent and expansive novel (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on Jan 02, 2026 09:05 pm IST

Ayşegül Savaş: “Daily life is deeply important”

Author Aysegul Savas (Endro/Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.)

Published on Jan 02, 2026 09:04 pm IST

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