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Delhiwale: Life’s feast with Jane Austen
2025 marks Jane Austen's 250th birthday, inspiring a Delhi Jane Austen Society to discuss her works and local social issues over chai and biskuts.
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 10:38 PM IST
Top must-visit places for bookworms
Visit these places that have materialised straight from the pages of a book to satisfy your yearning to explore fictional worlds.
Published on Jul 30, 2024 01:25 PM IST
Adrija Dey, New Delhi
I wish I enjoyed it more: Matthew Macfadyen on playing 'Mr Darcy' on 'Pride and Prejudice'
I wish I enjoyed it more: Matthew Macfadyen on playing 'Mr Darcy' on 'Pride and Prejudice'
Published on Jul 24, 2024 01:29 PM IST
PTI |
This Christmas at Jane Austen’s House
Jane Austen’s final home is now a museum with a collection that includes the author’s writing desk, personal letters, first editions, and items of jewellery.
Published on Dec 22, 2023 09:44 PM IST
Teja Lele
Most successful zodiac signs according to the Chinese horoscope
Let us explore why these Chinese zodiac signs are most likely to be successful.
Published on Sep 22, 2023 03:58 PM IST
Mira Rajput or Rakul Preet Singh, who styled the pink tie-dye maxi dress better?
Evoking a sense of joyous escape as she quarantines at home, Mira Rajput recently slew a hand dyed maxi dress which is exactly the same as the one that Rakul Preet Singh donned during Sardar Ka Grandson promotions. Who do you think pulled off the elegant and breezy summer dress better?
_1624592278471_1624592289840.jpg "Mira Rajput or Rakul Preet Singh, who styled the pink tie-dye maxi dress better?(Instagram/mira.kapoor/anshikaav)")
Updated on Jun 25, 2021 09:17 AM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz
Jane Austen's family member attended anti-slavery convention, new record shows
Devoney Looser, an Arizona State University professor and author of “The Making of Jane Austen,” unearthed the Rev. Henry Thomas Austen's attendance at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, which drew some 500 delegates.
Published on Jun 15, 2021 07:20 AM IST
AP | , Los Angeles
Theo James confirms he's not returning for Sanditon's new seasons
Actor Theo James has announced that he will not return for the upcoming seasons of Sanditon, the British TV show based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel of the same name. He played a character called Sidney Parker.
Published on May 08, 2021 06:17 PM IST
PTI |
Henry Golding joins cast of Dakota Johnson starrer Persuasion remake
Malaysian-British actor Henry Golding will be seen playing Mr Elliot, cousin of Dakota Johnson's character in Netflix's adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Persuasion.
Published on May 06, 2021 08:09 PM IST
ANI |
Delhiwale: Simply sooji, and yet
Living with husband, son and his family, Ms Rani says she learnt her basic skills in cooking from Swarajvati. “She was my Chaiji.... in my town we address mummy as Chaiji.”
Published on Sep 25, 2020 02:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Mayank Austen Soofi
Valentine’s Day 2020: Wishes, messages, quotes for WhatsApp and Facebook
The Valentine’s Week begins with Rose Day on February 7, ending at Valentine’s Day on February 14. On February 8, Propose Day is observed, which is followed by Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Hug Day and Kiss Day.
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 10:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | HT Correspondent
Bicentenary special: The other Brontë
Overshadowed by her sisters’ literary fame, Anne Brontë is now regarded as a feminist writer by many
Updated on Jan 10, 2020 07:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
Jane Austen: Novelist known for wit, realism
Credited with giving birth to the modern period of English literature, her novels such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma, that were set among the English middle and upper classes, are noted for wit and observation of the early 19th century English society.
Updated on Aug 16, 2019 11:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
“Patriarchy is not just men versus women, but also women versus women”
Writer Shunali Khullar Shroff sheds light on gender bias, and points out how women often end up bullying fellow women
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 10:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ananya Ghosh
Essay: Demolishing the women’s ghetto
Mita Kapur writes of the need to do away with categorizing writers according to their gender
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mita Kapur
Film review: After is a piece of mushy hogwash, says Rashid Irani
The ploy is hackneyed and goes nowhere; the two leads, while good-looking, share only a tepid chemistry. Give this one a miss.
Published on May 03, 2019 02:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashid Irani
Bollywood Bookshelf: The books on Sonam Kapoor’s mind right now…
The actor’s preference of books reflect her choices in life: strong, classic and ones that look good on screen, just like her!
Updated on Oct 28, 2018 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Zuni Chopra
To Kill a Mockingbird chosen as America’s best-loved novel in vote
To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1960 book by Harper Lee emerged as No. 1 in PBS’ The Great American Read survey. More than 4 million votes were cast in the six-month-long contest that put 100 titles to the test. Books that were published as a series counted as a single entry.
Updated on Oct 25, 2018 01:39 PM IST
Associated Press | Associated Press
‘Obsession kept me going’: Writer Vikram Seth on 25 years of A Suitable Boy
As Vikram Seth’s landmark novel, A Suitable Boy, completes 25 years, an exclusive interview with the writer on the book, its much-awaited sequel and his plans for a scheme of books around the two novels, to be called A Bridge of Leaves
Updated on Oct 22, 2018 06:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Review: Polite Society by Mahesh Rao
While Mahesh Rao’s Polite Society remains true to the plot of Emma, it uses the Jane Austen classic to tell a different story
Updated on Aug 31, 2018 08:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avantika Mehta