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Review: Tempest on River Silent is a coming-of-age tale in coming-of-age nation
The novel by Sandeep Khanna encapsulates India's journey from the tumultuous 1970s to the modern 2010s, blending traditional mindsets with contemporary outlooks
Published on Apr 04, 2025 04:56 PM IST
Kriti Kambiri
Bhabi Ji... writer battling liver cirrhosis, writing episodes: Kavita Kaushik
Writer Manoj Santoshi, who has penned many popular television shows, including Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai!, has been hospitalised after his liver cirrhosis worsened.
Updated on Feb 18, 2025 09:20 PM IST
HBD Roald Dahl: Dive into his legacy through the lens of his adult short fiction
On his birth anniversary today, we will be exploring the colossal legacy left behind by writer Roald Dahl through a few of his adult short stories
Published on Sep 13, 2024 02:52 PM IST
Aadrika Sominder
5 poignant books that explore war through humour, satire and honest empathy
On the 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas, explore 5 pervasive books that delve into the intricacies of war through humour, satire and honest empathy
Updated on Jul 26, 2024 09:08 PM IST
Aadrika Sominder
The inner world of Perumal Murugan
This reflective Tamil writer gives his every word value, ensuring that none of his writings even accidentally float into the realm of falsity
Published on Dec 09, 2023 09:54 PM IST
Interview: Sita Menon - “I figure things out on paper”
Why did you become a writer?The story is that I am actually a journalist’s daughter
Updated on Aug 29, 2023 03:35 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
Interview: Kala Ramesh, Managing Editor, haikuKATHA-We focus on supporting poets
On how the Triveni Haikai India community aids its members to develop micropoems that eventually appear in the monthly online magazine, haikuKATHA
Updated on Aug 16, 2023 09:37 PM IST
Suhit Bombaywala
Interview: Sumit Saxena - “With the advent of AI, every artist will have to lear
On the projects he’s worked on from Pyaar ka Punchnama to Dr G and Geeli Pucchi, Darwin, AI, and the art of pitching to the right people
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 06:59 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
How to self-publish an e-book
Self-publishing is no longer the taboo it once was. It's a viable and respected way to get your work out there. It's an opportunity to share your work with the world, without the need for a traditional publisher. Here are tips to self-publish your e-book.
Published on Jan 28, 2023 09:09 PM IST
HT Lifestyle Desk | Posted by Prapti Upadhayay | Edited by Parmita Uniyal
Twinkle Khanna shares 3 book recommendations ‘for a brief respite’ amid Covid-19
Twinkle Khanna recommends these 3 books or short stories that she recently read and re-read to lose herself ‘within the comfort of printed pages’ amid the ongoing conflicts and Covid-19 gloom
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Updated on May 23, 2021 08:19 PM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz
Elizabeth Day: The best writing is an exercise in imaginative empathy
Author Elizabeth Day on her latest work Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong, the need for engagement in the present times, and the importance of gaining a deeper understanding of people around you
Updated on Dec 08, 2020 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Navneet Vyasan
Roundabout: Play the rabab, Mardania, November is here
The forgotten value of Mardana in the world of Guru Nanak is being invoked by contemporary poets, painters, fiction writers and scholars in the true spirit of Sikhi
Updated on Nov 07, 2020 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Nirupama Dutt
‘Queen of Crime’ Christie’s first detective novel marks centenary
It was partly thanks to a bet with her sister that Agatha Christie wrote her first detective novel, and 100 years since it was published she is as popular as ever.
Updated on Oct 06, 2020 03:45 PM IST
London | Reuters | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
ROUNDABOUT: Remembering Rama Sharma, a woman of substance
The brave daughter of Partition was more concerned about breaking glass ceilings than fitting into glass slippers
Updated on Jun 06, 2020 04:47 PM IST
Nirupama Dutt
Amrita Pritam had prophesied her heir to be a writer of next generation
Present-day students want to know Amrita Pritam as a poet and a prose writer, dismissing all extraneous trappings, including her love life much highlighted by the media.
Updated on Oct 31, 2019 05:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Nirupama Dutt
Landour: Where the lair of the lone fox lies
Perched high at the periphery of the bustling Mussoorie, Landour in Tehri Garhwal is home to grand old men, pretty eateries, 19th century churches and mountainous beauty in plenty.
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 06:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Prannay, New Delhi
“The word love is terribly heavy-handed!” says André Aciman
Author of Call Me By Your Name explains why he hates the word love and why he prefers to create someone who doesn’t know whether he loves or not!
Updated on Mar 09, 2019 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ananya Ghosh
Language is my friend, fiction my first love: Arundhati Roy
The 1997 Booker Prize-winner, who is equally at ease writing scathing essays, says she is a “disciplined writer” whose heart lies in fiction as it is a “connective tissue” between many things which are sometimes looked at or studied in isolation.
Updated on Jan 31, 2019 05:41 PM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
Bill Clinton, James Patterson launch new, dramatic novel
Clinton and Patterson drew on their respective backgrounds in completing a 500-page novel, ‘The President Is Missing’, that topped Amazon’s best-seller list before publication.
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 10:44 AM IST
Associated Press | Associated Press, White Plains, N.y.
Review: Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians by Boria Majumdar
Full of reportage, history, trivia and anecdotes told in an effortless style, Boria Majumdar’s 450-page Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians is a eulogy celebrating Indian cricket, its cricketers and the billion or so people who follow it
Updated on May 25, 2018 05:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sudeep Sen
Here’s the secret code to writing a best-seller: Publish your book in the festive season
A US study used data from the New York Times Bestseller Lists (2008 to 2016) to create a formula for predicting how well a book would sell and whether it would be a bestseller. The team found that fiction, especially thrillers, released around the festive season was more likely to have high sales.
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 02:27 PM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India