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India’s most expensive literary prize, the JCB Award, is officially discontinued

In just seven years, the JCB Prize for Literature changed the landscape of Indian writing, but now the transformative era has come to an unexpected end

JCB Prize for Literature
Published on Jun 21, 2025 10:24 PM IST
ByAadrika Sominder

Book review|Money-minded madness makes Rumaan Alam's Entitlement quite thrilling

Author of Leave the World Behind (2020), Rumaan Alam has returned with a new tale where greed, deceit fester the American dream in a glitzy New York set-up.

Cover of the book, Entitlement by Rumaan Alam(Photo: X)
Updated on May 20, 2025 11:49 AM IST
ByPrafula Grace Busi

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 4 May 2025

Sunday, May 4 promises to offer loads if you wish to explore the culture of Delhi-NCR. Before you plan your day, must check out HT City Delhi Junction!

Catch It Live on Sunday, 4 May 2025.(Photo: Henna Rakheja/HT)
Published on May 03, 2025 08:30 PM IST

Mario Vargas Llosa was shaped by authoritarianism

He discovered politics at the age of 12, when General Manuel Odría overthrew a democratic government in Peru headed by a cousin of his maternal grandfather.

Peruvian Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa died aged 89 on April 13, 2025 in Lima, his family announced.(AFP File Photo)
Published on Apr 16, 2025 06:36 AM IST
The Economist

Report: Arunachal Literature Festival

Well attended poetry sessions and talks on the changing dyamics of tribal people were memorable features of the three-day event

Bamboo dance performed by the Wancho Cultural Troupe at the Arunachal Literature Festival (Chittajit Mitra)
Published on Apr 03, 2025 05:36 AM IST
ByChittajit Mitra
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