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HT Picks; New Reads
Published on Feb 10, 2023 04:11 PM IST
This week’s reading list includes a book that traces the evolution of Indian civilization, a volume featuring watercolours, drawings, etchings, sketches, and lithographs by senior Indian modernists from the Gaur Collection, and an Ayurvedic cookbook
HT Team
Review: Sing, Dance and Pray by Hindol Sengupta
This biography of Srila Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON, provides an insight into the history of the Hare Krishna movement, which grew out of the interface between Gaudiya Vaishnavism and American counterculture
Published on Feb 10, 2023 04:10 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Interview: Tiffany Tsao - “Indonesian literature is less well known”
The author of The Majesties talks about the Chinese community in Indonesia, and about translating Indonesian authors like Budi Darma and Norman Erikson Pasaribu
Published on Feb 10, 2023 04:10 PM IST
Arunima Mazumdar
Review: The Mahatma on Celluloid by Prakash Magdum
India’s colonial government in 1927 appointed a committee headed by T Rangachariar, a former judge of the Madras High Court, to investigate the growth of the new medium of cinema that seemed to have become immensely popular in the country
Published on Feb 10, 2023 04:09 PM IST
Uttaran Das Gupta
Ret Ki Machli: An autobiographical novel that was conveniently forgotten
Ret Ki Machli is the story of a young woman who falls in love with and marries an author against the wishes of her family. Many believe Kanta Bharti wrote her own story
Updated on Feb 10, 2023 09:03 AM IST
Mayank Jain Parichha
Review: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel
A book that takes readers into the lives of two contemporary Mexican women as they bond over their shared attitudes towards motherhood and later as they develop differing views towards it, this is a study of an enduring friendship and an examination of women’s choices and freedoms in a restrictive society
Updated on Feb 09, 2023 03:44 PM IST
Hritik Verma
Essay: The Mahabharata – beyond the harrowing angst
First published in 1965, Kamala Subramaniam’s excellent 870-page translation attained a fresh awareness of the life code laid out in Vyasa’s epic
Updated on Feb 09, 2023 09:59 AM IST
Review: The Last Tiger by Ruskin Bond
From Corbett’s tigers to birdsong in a Mussoorie forest, this collection of animal stories includes the author’s fondest memories of nature and wildlife
Updated on Feb 07, 2023 07:03 PM IST
Neha Kirpal
Excerpt: A New History of India by R Mukherjee, S Punja and T Sinclair
This extract from a new book, that presents India’s history from its origins to the 21st century, looks at the period of political unrest leading up to independence
Updated on Feb 07, 2023 07:17 PM IST
Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Shobhita Punja, Toby Sinclair
Book Box: Create Your Home Library
Decide your library vibe, measure bookshelves to match, and create your reading sanctuary.
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 10:21 AM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s list of interesting reads includes a book on Lata Mangeshkar, Keigo Higashino’s latest crime thriller, and a volume that traces the history of India’s reservation policy
Published on Feb 03, 2023 09:22 PM IST
HT Team
Shobhaa De – “I frequently falter”
On her new memoir, Insatiable; My Hunger for Life, confronting uncomfortable truths, her equation with her family, reality TV, and the pervasiveness of politics
Published on Feb 03, 2023 09:21 PM IST
Arunima Mazumdar
Review: The Blue Bar by Damayanti Biswas
A whodunit set in Mumbai that features a tortured police inspector trying to come to grips with his past even as he investigates a chilling new case
Published on Feb 03, 2023 09:19 PM IST
Neha Kirpal
Shehan Karunatilaka – “Writing a queer novel was never my intention”
On his native Sri Lanka, queer rights, civil war, the hungry ghosts of Buddhist literature, and the inspiration behind the central character in his Booker Prize winning novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Published on Feb 03, 2023 09:17 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Report: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
The 16th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival saw everyone from the Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah and Booker prize winners in attendance and featured interesting sessions that included marginalized voices
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 10:40 AM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Sanjeev Dutta: ‘A screenwriter may or may not help society but can destroy it’
The screenwriter of such popular films as Barfi and Life in a Metro talks about his professional journey, his collaborations, why he thinks writers can destroy society, and being influenced by Woody Allen
Updated on Feb 02, 2023 08:16 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
Review: The Future Is Degrowth by Schmelzer, Vetter and Vansintjan
A comprehensive primer on “degrowth”, this book states that while growth is a powerful stabilizing mechanism of capitalist modernity, it destabilizes the ecological foundations of human life. The idea, then, is to organise society and the economy on the basis of well-being
Published on Feb 01, 2023 07:18 PM IST
Sankar Ray
Review: Hazaar Rang Shaairi, selected, edited and translated by Anisur Rahman
The anthology, which presents 140 nazms by 70 poets dating from the 16th century to the present, puts a premium on the creative transposition of the text and its emotional impact
Updated on Feb 02, 2023 07:46 AM IST
Shafey Kidwai
Excerpt: Lata Mangeshkar: A Life in Music by Yatindra Mishra
This extract from a new translation by Ira Pande of the National Award winning biography Lata: Sur Gatha presents the close relationship between Lata Mangeshkar and her sister Asha Bhosle
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 07:54 PM IST
Yatindra Mishra
ChatGPT and the future of writing
Whether Artificial Intelligence replaces authors, teachers and artists entirely or just helps them be more creative and productive, it’s certain that it will transform the way we read, write and learn
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 08:27 PM IST
Nidhi Dugar Kundalia
Book Box: Engaging with Democracy
This Republic Day weekend, celebrate by engaging with these 4 books on democracy.
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 08:31 AM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
The reading list this week includes a volume that traces the history of Hindi-language journalism in India from the early days of nationalist newspapers to the present, an intimate chronicle of a family of writers, and a compendium of dals and dal-based dishes
Published on Jan 27, 2023 11:44 PM IST
HT Team
Review: The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra
Oral historian Aanchal Malhotra’s debut novel touches on perfumery, calligraphy and the First World War as it turns on a love story cut short by Partition
Updated on Jan 28, 2023 04:19 PM IST
Saudamini Jain
Interview: Siddhartha Mukherjee, author, Song of the Cell
Oncologist, immunologist, cell biologist and author Siddhartha Mukherjee talks about the future of new humans and how the new understanding of cell biology changed the course of cancer therapies
Published on Jan 27, 2023 11:44 PM IST
Shireen Quadri
Salil Tripathi - “These writers exemplify courage in its rawest form”
On the anthology ‘For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit’ about courage and resistance that he co-authored with artist Shilpa Gupta
Published on Jan 27, 2023 11:44 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Report: Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2023
The 14th edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival was packed with sessions on mental health, Partition narratives, queer literature, murder mysteries, translation, graphic novels, food, dance, bookselling, Dalit writing, poetry and historical fiction
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 08:24 AM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay
A book that incorporates elements of history and biography, Himalaya touches on everything from colonial expeditions to Tibet to amorous glaciers, Buddhist scholars and Swiss geologists to present a picture of the world’s tallest mountain range.
Updated on Jan 27, 2023 07:09 AM IST
Syed Saad Ahmed
Prince Harry: Definitely not a nullity
Spare proves that while royals might lead a life of privilege, they also have to endure the torture of living in a gilded cage
Published on Jan 26, 2023 06:40 PM IST
Neha Kirpal
Essay: On remixing history
From Apple TV’s Dickinson to Netflix’s Persuasion and Hulu’s The Great, period accuracy is out and creative anachronisms are in. While this might upset the purist, it is an interesting approach that injects freshness into classic material
Updated on Jan 25, 2023 08:04 PM IST
Prahlad Srihari
Interview: Swethaa S Ballakrishnen, author, Accidental Feminism
The professor of law at the University of California-Irvine on their book which looks at how elite law firms offer an oasis for women within a hostile, predominantly male industry
Updated on Jan 24, 2023 06:29 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
