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]Excerpt from Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia edited by Caleb Simmons, Moumita Sen and Hillary Rodrigues
This extract from an essay by Hillary Rodrigues looks at the procedures and symbolism of the Bengali Durga Puja
Updated on Oct 23, 2020 01:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Hillary Rodrigues
Excerpt: Gangster on the Run by Puja Changoiwala
The story of hitman and extortionist Rahul Jadhav, Gangster on the Run reveals his descent into crime, his alcoholism and drug addiction, his time in jail and finally his amazing reformation. He is now an ultramarathoner. This excerpt focuses on an incident that’s both violent and funny and was the beginning of a reign of terror in the Mumbai suburb of Dombivli
Updated on Sep 18, 2020 05:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Puja Changoiwala
Excerpt: The Death Script: Dreams and Delusions in Naxal Country by Ashutosh Bhardwaj
A powerful work of narrative non-fiction that examines the civil war in Bastar, The Death Script combines literary skill with sharp reportage. This excerpt recalls the kidnapping of Alex Paul Menon, the collector of Sukma by Maoists in 2012
Updated on Jul 15, 2020 06:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ashutosh Bhardwaj
Excerpt: The World That Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia Edited by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal
This exclusive first excerpt from a much-awaited anthology features the work of three very different poets
Updated on Jun 26, 2020 04:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Edited by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal
Excerpt: Legend of Suheldev – The King Who Saved India by Amish
The tale of a magnificent 11th century king, who united different Indians against the onslaught of invaders, is the first in a stream of stories from Amish’s Writers’ Centre. An exclusive first excerpt from the foreword to the book
Updated on Jun 20, 2020 12:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Amish
Excerpt: Hop On; My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes by Ruskin Bond
Today is Ruskin Bond’s 86th birthday. In celebration, here is an excerpt from a story featured in his new book for children
Updated on May 19, 2020 02:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ruskin Bond
Excerpt: Fix it With Food; Superfoods to become Superhealthy by Kavita Devgan
This chapter on the benefits of the marvellous mango tells you why you should treat yourself to this king of fruits. Like you need an excuse!
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 11:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Kavita Devgan
Excerpt: Miracle at Happy Bazaar by Ruskin Bond
Exclusive to Hindustan Times, Chocolates at Midnight, is from Ruskin Bond’s new collection of stories for children
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 04:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ruskin Bond
Excerpt: Love in the Time of Quarantine by Siddhartha Gigoo
Told from multiple points of view, Siddhartha Gigoo’s new book, which is being launched online today, clocks 30 days and nights in the lives of two lovers and a homeless family during a nation’s lockdown
Updated on Apr 13, 2020 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Siddhartha Gigoo
Excerpt: Ultimate Grandmother Hacks by Kavita Devgan
Kavita Devgan’s book, that suggests 50 traditional habits to improve your fitness, provides much food for thought during Covid season. This excerpt features 10 inexpensive immunity boosting foods
Updated on Apr 02, 2020 08:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Kavita Devgan
Excerpt: Nautanki Diaries by Dominic Franks
Sports broadcaster and trained doctor, Dominic Franks rode from Bengaluru to Delhi on his cycle, Nautanki. His book Nautanki Diaries is about that journey. This excerpt, which highlights the Indian tendency to leave things to fate and also the alarming state of our healthcare system, is especially pertinent at a time when thousands of the urban poor are fleeing the cities on foot and on bicycle
Updated on Apr 01, 2020 07:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dominic Franks
Excerpt: New Kings of the World by Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto’s new book looks at how eastern pop culture including Bollywood, Turkish dizi and K-pop is seducing the world. In this exclusive first excerpt from the book, Shah Rukh Khan talks to her about the nature of his stardom
Updated on Oct 04, 2019 06:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Fatima Bhutto
Excerpt: The Arsonist by Kiran Nagarkar
In this profound telling of the mystic saint-poet’s life, Kabir is a speaker of Truth in a world full of conflict that could be ancient, medieval, or contemporary. This excerpt includes the introduction and Chapter 2
Updated on Aug 17, 2019 10:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Kiran Nagarkar
Excerpt: Sita Under the Crescent Moon by Annie Ali Khan
In Sita Under the Crescent Moon, Annie Ali Khan travels with women pilgrims to Sufi shrines across Pakistan to see how they worship Sita. In this particularly powerful excerpt, the author ponders on the pain of womanhood
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 09:12 AM IST
Annie Ali Khan
Excerpt: Grit, Gravel and Gear by Dhruv Bogra
Dhruv Bogra’s inspirational account of cycling from the Arctic to the Andes combines acute observation of the societies he encounters with a deep introspection of his own life. This excerpt from Chapter 8, Pedaling Amidst Icefields, details his journey through the spectacular Canadian Rockies
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhruv Bogra
Excerpt: A Gallery of Rascals by Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond’s new book, A Gallery of Rascals, includes new stories that feature delightful rogues. Reproduced exclusively in HT, here’s Sher Singh and the Hot-Water Bottle
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Excerpt: Raavan; Enemy of Aryavarta by Amish
An exclusive excerpt from the third book in Amish Tripathi’s Ram Chandra series ahead of its release on July 1
Updated on Jun 29, 2019 08:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Amish
Excerpt: Heat by Poomani
15-year-old Chidambaram kills a powerful landlord to avenge the murder of his elder brother. Told in vivid flashes as the boy and his father wander through the hinterland avoiding capture, Heat presents at a family transformed by grief. This excerpt looks at the first tragedy that foreshadows the one at the centre of this classic of modern Tamil literature
Updated on May 24, 2019 09:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poomani
Excerpt: Delusional Politics by Hardeep Singh Puri
Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri’s book, Delusional Politics, covers a range of issues like Brexit, the election of Trump, terrorism and trade. These excerpts from the chapter entitled The India Story look at the nature of the Congress party, and at the need for India to transcend caste and religion
Updated on Feb 01, 2019 07:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Excerpt: Treasured Epistles by K Natwar Singh
Some of the most famous political and literary figures of the 20th century maintained an affectionate correspondence with K Natwar Singh. The letters collected in this volume recreate a vanished world. An excerpt
Updated on Jan 19, 2019 11:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Excerpt: Nightmarch by Alpa Shah
In 2010, Alpa Shah, dressed as a man in military fatigues set out on a seven-night march with a naxal platoon. While her book looks at dispossession and the conflict at the heart of India, this excerpt also reveals how upper caste leaders police the relationships of tribal foot soldiers
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 09:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Alpa Shah
Excerpt: Invisible Men by Nandini Krishnan
While Invisible Men looks with empathy at the many issues that female-to-male transgenders face, the author does not shy away from calling out the sexism of some Indian transmen
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 09:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nandini Krishnan
Excerpt: City of My Heart by Rana Safvi
A moving excerpt from a book featuring four translations of Urdu narratives of what happened in Delhi after the events of 1857
Updated on Nov 16, 2018 03:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rana Safvi
Excerpt: The Made In India Manager by R Gopalakrishnan and Ranjan Banerjee
A new book suggests that a combination of high pressure on young students accompanied by long term family support in a multicultural environment makes the adult Indian manager adept at rocking the boat without sinking it
Updated on Nov 17, 2018 10:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | R Gopalakrishnan and Ranjan Banerjee
Excerpt: What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape by Sohaila Abdulali
Gang-raped as a teenager, Sohaila Abdulali first wrote about her experience in Manushi magazine in 1983. Her new book examines what we think about rape. In this exclusive excerpt she writes of how every survivor imagines she has suffered less than other survivors
Updated on Oct 19, 2018 04:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sohaila Abdulali
Excerpt: Mappillai is a witty, personal tale of an Italian son-in-law and a look at contemporary India
Mappillai—‘son-in-law’ in Tamil—is the rollicking story of journalist Carlo Pizzati, a European living with his in-laws in urban Chennai and with his wife (writer Tishani Doshi) in rural Paramankeni. Here’s an excerpt from the book about how the affair didn’t start.
Updated on Oct 11, 2018 02:14 PM IST
Carlo Pizzati
Excerpt: Not Quite Not White by Sharmila Sen
Sharmila Sen’s family moved to the US in the 1980s and she spent much of her early life there attempting to pass as white. Her book is the story of discovering that ‘not-whiteness’ can be what makes one American. In this excerpt she uncovers Indian American attitudes to colour
Updated on Sep 21, 2018 08:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sharmila Sen
Excerpt: Glow; Indian Foods, Recipes and Rituals for Beauty, Inside and Out by Vasudha Rai
In this excerpt from her book that presents ideas on using sixty Indian ingredients to achieve natural beauty, the author talks about beauty being more than skin deep and presents the goodness of traditional Indian herbs like tulsi and saffron
Updated on Sep 07, 2018 08:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vasudha Rai
Excerpt: Manto Saheb; Friends and Enemies on the Great Maverick translated by Vibha S Chauhan and Khalid Alvi
Reproduced here is an essay on Manto by Ali Sardar Jafri
Updated on Sep 07, 2018 08:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ali Sardar Jafri
Excerpt: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Who do you rely on, in an ever-changing world? How much scepticism is enough? An exclusive excerpt from the chapter on education.
Updated on Aug 25, 2018 09:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Yuval Noah Harari
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