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Padma Bhushan awardee Swapan Dasgupta leads from Bengal's Rashbehari

Swapan Dasgupta during a political campaign at Bolpur ( West Bengal)

Updated 70 days ago

Book Box | Reading war at 35,000 feet: Books that decode West Asia conflict

Readers worldwide turn to literature to decode the complexities of the West Asia conflict

Updated 105 days ago

Quote of the day by Franz Kafka: ‘Logic is of course unshakeable but it cannot…’

"Logic is of course unshakeable, but it cannot hold out against a man who wants to live." - Franz Kafka.

Updated 126 days ago

Quote of the day by Dr. Seuss: ‘The more that you read, the more things…'

The iconic line appears in I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!, first published in 1978.

Published 132 days ago

HTCity Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on February 14 in Delhi, Noida and Gurugram

Gram it: Not just the flora but even the fauna of the Capital is welcoming spring and celebrating the season of love. Believe it or not, but this peacock, a resident of Lodhi Road, was recently spotted spreading its plumage to dance in joy!

Published 149 days ago

Literature is missing from contemporary cinema: B Jeyamohan

Literature is missing from contemporary cinema: B Jeyamohan

Published 171 days ago

Rainbow Lit Fest: LGBTQ, allies get together in Delhi to spotlight inclusivity

From actor Shahana Goswami to content creator-actor Dolly Singh, there will be a number of strong voices who will take the stage at Rainbow Lit Fest 2025.

Published 219 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 29 November 2025

Gram it: Is it AI-generated Delhi or the smog is actually gone? Well, this image capturing the clouds and surrounding buildings, reflected in a water body, during sunset at the the Vijay Chowk near Central Secretariat is sure to make one believe that air pollution has reduced. A day after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR lifted Stage-3 restrictions of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), Delhi’s air quality worsened on Thursday, hitting the upper-end of the 'very poor' category.

Published 226 days ago

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai gets Nobel Prize 2025 for Literature

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai on Thursday won the Nobel Prize 2025 for Literature.

Updated 276 days ago

Never wanted to come in cinema, I was in love with books: Gulzar

Never wanted to come in cinema, I was in love with books: Gulzar

Updated 277 days ago

Gandhi from the lens of literature

Gandhi Jayanti 2025: Gandhi Jayanti is a significant day for Indians, celebrated on October 2.

Published 284 days ago

Is the decline of reading making politics dumber?

Photo: Pixabay

Published 311 days ago

Book review: A story of grief, inheritance and the echoes of rebellion

Cover of Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew's debut book, The Remnants of Rebellion.

Published 325 days ago

Review: The Wanderer by V Shinilal

In The Wanderer, the train is a metaphor for the country (Shutterstock)

Published 345 days ago

Book review | Drugs, darkness and despondency rule AA Dhand's latest thriller

Cover of AA Dhand's latest book, The Chemist, is based in UK's Leeds.

Published 371 days ago

Book Review: Japanese writer Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lost Souls… lingers long

Cover of Mizuki Tsujimura’s latest book titled Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon

Published 383 days ago

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

JCB Prize for Literature

Published 386 days ago

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

Cover of the book, Entitlement by Rumaan Alam

Updated 419 days ago

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

Catch It Live on Sunday, 4 May 2025.

Published 435 days ago

Mario Vargas Llosa was shaped by authoritarianism

Peruvian Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa died aged 89 on April 13, 2025 in Lima, his family announced.

Published 453 days ago

Report: Arunachal Literature Festival

Bamboo dance performed by the Wancho Cultural Troupe at the Arunachal Literature Festival (Chittajit Mitra)

Published 466 days ago

Prasoon Joshi and Malini Awasthi to perform at Ayodhya’s literature festival

Malini Awasthi, Prasoon Joshi, Anwar Khan Manganiyar and Yatindra Mishra

Published 484 days ago

Happy Confession Day 2025: 25 best quotes, wishes and memes to share on this day

Happy Confession Day 2025: Best quotes, images, WhatsApp messages, Facebook status, SMS, wishes and memes to share on this day of Anti-Valentine's Week.

Published 509 days ago

The algorithmic aesthetic at the World Book Fair, 2025

Visitors at the World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on February 1, 2025. (PTI)

Published 517 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 6 February 2025

Catch It Live on Thursday, 6 February 2025

Published 522 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 5 February 2025

Catch It Live on Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Published 523 days ago

New Delhi World Book Fair 2025: Book lovers throng venue despite day 1 delays

Books, authors, and a buzzing crowd — New Delhi World Book Fair 2025 has kicked-off with a slight delay but boundless enthusiasm.

Published 525 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 1 February 2025

Catch It Live on Saturday, 1 February 2025

Published 527 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 17 January 2025

Catch It Live on Friday, 17 January 2025

Updated 542 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 14 January 2025

Catch It Live on Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Published 545 days ago

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