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HT Picks; New Reads

A Parsi’s memoir of fighting in WW1, a biography of Emperor Akbar, and an anthology of Indian poetry in English - all that on this week’s reading list. (HT Team)
Published on Apr 22, 2022 13:53 IST

Review: Watershed by Mridula Ramesh

Traditional water conservation: The Toorji ka Jhalra stepwell in Jodhpur, Rajasthan (Eric Lafforgue/Corbis via Getty Images)
Updated on Apr 22, 2022 13:47 IST

Essay: The deception of creative writing

Is good writing like carpentry, dependent on the mastery of craft? (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 22, 2022 11:59 IST

Essay: On how to kiss and ride

The Liuhe Night Market in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 19, 2022 12:25 IST

Book Box | Four must-reads on caste 

When I Hid My Caste. 
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 13:53 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

Books on the Indian armed forces and the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a collection of classic Indian stories for children, and book on reflection as a tool for psychotherapists and counsellors are on this week’s list of good reads. (HT Team)
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 12:23 IST

Review: Madam Prime Minister by Seema Goswami

The twists and turns of a political thriller: Sarah Jane Dias and Saif Ali Khan in a scene from Tandav. (Tandav, Amazon Prime)
Published on Apr 15, 2022 12:17 IST

Humour: Jeeves and the jailers

Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry together in Jeeves and Wooster in 1993. (ITV/Rex Features)
Published on Apr 15, 2022 12:13 IST

Review: Red Roulette by Desmond Shum

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 1, 2022 (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP)
Updated on Apr 14, 2022 09:26 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

Unknown stories about Subhas Chandra Bose, why privacy is so important in India today, and Indian art from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present - all that on this week’s list of interesting reads. (HT Team)
Published on Apr 8, 2022 11:11 IST

Report: The Kolkata Literary Meet 2022

Jim Sarbh, Mallika Sarabhai and Shrayana Bhattacharya during a session at the KLM (Courtesy the Kolkata Literary Meet)
Updated on Apr 8, 2022 11:04 IST

Excerpt: Onam in a Nightie by Anjana Menon

Sitting pretty (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 8, 2022 03:44 IST