Reading list

Young and impressionable: What children read impacts generations as they grow up and pass on their learnings and, hopefully, the well-thumbed and dog-eared books, to their little ones. HT has a primer on what’s popular in children’s books read more

This week’s reading list includes a volume on old Delhi, another on Nepal, and a how-to book on throwing the perfect party read more

This week’s reading list includes a graphic retelling of a terrible conflict, a chronicle of the lives of three generations of sex workers, and a collection of stories from the tea plantations of south India read more

On the reading list this week are two very different memoirs and a guide to a country that’s both foreign and familiar read more

A look at a high-powered marriage, a novel that’s on the Booker shortlist, and a big book on the human capacity for ideation are all on the reading list this week. read more

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On the reading list this week is an A to Z of the Parsi way of life, an examination of the Assam Accord, and a memoir about the evolving dating habits of middle aged men and women. read more

This week’s reading list features a book on Balochistan, another on sedition laws in India, and a volume of recipes from Muslim kitchens across India. read more

The Himalayas, Hindustani classical music and a searing tale of Black America -- all that on the reading list this week read more

Actor Lisa Ray rekindles the book worm in her to encounter some rapid fire questions. read more

A novel set in Basque country, another that looks at the trajectory of two boys from Dongri, Mumbai, and a multi-generational chronicle of a family of tawaifs on the reading list this week read more

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The reading list this week includes a study of the cartoons on the chief architect of the Indian constitution, a new work from one of our foremost novelists, and a history of the first Indian cricket team read more

Mental health, a murder mystery set in a principality in the Sahayadiris, and a book of short stories on disregarding the 10 commandments on this week’s reading list read more

Members of the curriculum revision committee of the Delhi University committee said one of the major focus areas will be to identify topics and texts which could trigger a “controversy”. read more