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Review: The Maker of Filmmakers by Radha Chadha

Akira Kurosawa (centre) addressing students at FTII. Jagat Murari is at right. (From The Maker of Filmmakers)
books
Updated on Feb 13, 2026 10:44 pm IST

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

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Author Aparajith Ramnath (Courtesy the subject)
books
Updated on Jan 05, 2026 09:37 pm IST

Sunetra Choudhury picks her favourite reads of 2025

Abhishek Choudhary’s Believer’s Dilemma (Picador India)
books
Published on Dec 26, 2025 05:39 pm IST

The best books of 2025

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Author Arundhati Roy.
books
Updated on Nov 21, 2025 11:01 am IST

Hema opens up on marrying Dharmendra, his first wife: ‘He was always there…’

Hema Malini's biography reveals the complexities of her marriage to Dharmendra, who was already married to Prakash Kaur at the time.
bollywood
Published on Sept 16, 2025 05:33 pm IST

Charlie Sheen talks about drug abuse, sexual encounters with men in new memoir

US actor Charlie Sheen attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's aka Charlie Sheen in Hollywood, California
cinema
Published on Sept 06, 2025 05:42 pm IST

Review: Soumitra Chatterjee and his World by Sanghamitra Chakraborty

Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee in Apur Sansar (1959). (Film still)
books
Published on May 30, 2025 09:39 pm IST

‘Citizen Correa’, a rich tribute to a beloved architect

Mumbai, India – Nov 04, 2024: Author Mustansir Dalvi in conversation with Kaiwan Mehta on the launch of his latest book on the biography of architect Charles Correa, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Nov 04, 2024. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)
mumbai news
Updated on Nov 05, 2024 09:36 am IST

Kate Middleton’s tumultuous year: 5 big revelations from new biography

Prince William- Kate Middleton
world news
Published on Nov 03, 2024 12:29 pm IST

Anand Teltumbde’s new book unravels the man behind the Babasaheb Ambedkar

Mumbai, India – Oct 30, 2024: Social Activist and Researcher Anand Teltumbde wrote the book " Iconoclast " A reflective Biography of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, discussion on the new book participated in the panel Prof. Vibhuti Patel, Ramu Ramanathan noted playwright, director, Prof. Rahul Kosambi, Ambedkar Scholar and writer at Press Club, in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)
mumbai news
Updated on Oct 31, 2024 06:56 am IST

Ratan Tata had doubts about Cyrus Mistry's leadership, reveals new book

Ratan Tata (R) began having second thoughts about Cyrus Mistry even before the latter formally taking over the position.
india news
Published on Oct 27, 2024 02:08 pm IST

Why Queen Elizabeth thought Trump had ‘some sort of arrangement’ with Melania

U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth pose at the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain June 3, 2019.
world news
Published on Aug 20, 2024 01:06 pm IST

Meghan Markle to drop ‘ultimate weapon’ in a future book, royal expert claims

Meghan Markle watches her husband Prince Harry play in an exhibition sitting volleyball match, in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are in Nigeria to champion the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemembers and veterans.
us news
Published on Jul 22, 2024 01:35 am IST

Review: What is Saved by Aamer Hussein

A view of Karachi at night. (Ibrar Kunri/Shutterstock)
books
Updated on May 30, 2024 06:37 pm IST

Book Box | Unravelling the art of translation at London’s oldest bookstore

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Translators Donald Rayfield, Georgia de Chamberet & Dennis Duncan ( L to R) at Hatchards Piccadilly, London
books
Published on Apr 13, 2024 08:04 pm IST

Movie Review: ‘STEVE! (martin)’ looks at past, present in a lovely, intimate 2-part documentary

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hollywood
Updated on Mar 27, 2024 01:53 am IST

The many worlds of Elk

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A Blind King by Alkazi
art culture
Published on Mar 16, 2024 11:28 pm IST

Interview: Sahar Zaman, author, Talat Mahmood; The Definitive Biography

An early picture of singer Talat Mahmood
books
Updated on Jan 31, 2024 09:20 am IST

Akshaya Mukul – “Your job as a biographer is to dig and document, not to judge”

Author Akshaya Mukul (Courtesy the publisher)
books
Published on Jan 26, 2024 10:26 pm IST

US client once made Narayana Murthy sleep on box in storeroom: Book

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delhi news
Published on Jan 07, 2024 12:17 pm IST

Britney Spears claps back after Justin Timberlake touches on cheating scandal

Britney Spears with then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake during an NBA match in 2002. Britney has said in her new memoir that she had an abortion during her relationship with Justin over two decades ago. (File Photo/ AFP)
music
Updated on Dec 16, 2023 12:04 pm IST

HarperCollins presents SHEIKH ABDULLAH - The Caged Lion of Kashmir by Chitralekha Zutshi (The second book in the Indian Lives series)

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business
Published on Dec 12, 2023 12:23 pm IST

Book sheds light on Mallikarjun Kharge’s visionary policies, says Sukhadeo Thorat

Dr Sukhadeo Thorat, the editor of the biography “Mallikarjun Kharge: Political Engagement with Compassion, Justice, and Inclusive Development (Twitter Photo)
india news
Published on Nov 29, 2023 04:06 pm IST

Regional groups need to learn from JD(S)’s plight

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Senior JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy (left) and former PM HD Deve Gowda (PTI)
opinion
Published on Nov 13, 2023 09:15 am IST

Review: Becoming Baba Saheb by Aakash Singh Rathore

Dr BR Ambedkar (HT Photo)
books
Updated on Oct 14, 2023 09:02 am IST

Elon Musk biography reveals secret child with Grimes, total of three kids

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo/File Photo
world news
Published on Sept 10, 2023 12:22 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s list of interesting reads includes an account of Oppenheimer’s life and times, a book that shows how some of the most important political decisions in independent India were taken, and 16 stories on same sex love and deire translated from Hindi. (HT Team)
books
Updated on Aug 11, 2023 08:07 pm IST

Artist Sobha Singh’s biography to hit stands on July 9

Through the book, people will get to know about his efforts to revive Dogra and Kangra School of painting with “Kangra Kala Kendr” and “Kangra Kala Utsav”, said Hirday. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jul 01, 2023 12:37 am IST

MP govt to make biography of Savarkar a part school syllabus

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Hindustan Times)
india news
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 01:12 am IST

An unfamiliar portrait of Vajpayee

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Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right by Abhishek Choudhary sheds light on the former PM's life
opinion
Published on Jun 04, 2023 10:47 am IST
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