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Kiran Manral, Author: ‘I have become increasingly self-critical over the years’
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 07:09 PM IST
The best selling author and columnist, whose latest book is All Those Who Wander, talks about writing in multiple genres
Arunima Mazumdar
Book Box: A Guide to Help Women Get Rich
Start the new financial year with books to help you get rich. And meet financial coach Lisa Pallavi Barbora, who tells us which books we should avoid.
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 01:11 PM IST
Excerpt: When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala by Avijit Ghosh
This edited extract from a new book on 1980s Bombay cinema looks at the Disco phenomenon in Hindi films of the era
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 02:04 PM IST
Avijit Ghosh
Review: Chaff and Grain by Vivek Sood
Senior lawyer Vivek Sood’s book, which touches on subjects ranging from the abuse of criminal law to fake encounters, aims to demystify legal issues
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 11:29 PM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
On the reading list this week is a book on Hindi cinema in the 1980s, another on the life of the master of the nagasvaram and the genre of periya melam in south Indian classical music, and a history of censorship, hate speech, and majoritarianism in post-Partition South Asia
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 05:42 PM IST
HT Team
Interview: Mehdi Hasan, author, Win Every Argument
The British-American journalist talks about how it’s become tougher to get serving politicians and officials to talk on camera, the preparation required to appear effortless on TV, connecting with audiences, fighting Islamophobia, and how to be a better listener and speaker
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 05:56 PM IST
Majid Maqbool
Review: The Body by the Shore by Tabish Khair
"The Body by the Shore" by Tabish Khair is a complex sci-fi thriller with elements of Scandinavian noir that explores themes of climate change, racism, abuse of power and science. Set in a quasi-dystopian future, the narrative follows three seemingly unconnected plot lines that converge to examine humankind's place in the cosmos and its ability to wreak systemic havoc on the world and on fellow beings.
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 05:46 PM IST
Sonali Mujumdar
Indira Chandrasekhar, Out of Print: Stories that compel us tend to ask questions
The writer and literary curator talks about the 12-year-old online platform for short fiction, the publishing ecosystem, and what she looks for in a story
Updated on Mar 30, 2023 07:56 PM IST
Suhit Bombaywala
A grand mela of dance, music, literature, and culture
The Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival 2023 stood out for its inclusivity and its inspired programming
Published on Mar 30, 2023 04:09 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Divorce Story
Based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s debut novel, the Disney+Hotstar series makes viewers think about how women are transformed in male-centric narratives even as it takes them on a non-linear tour of a marriage from beginning to end
Updated on Mar 29, 2023 05:16 PM IST
Report: Shyam Benegal Retrospective
The recent retrospective of filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s cinema featured screenings of his classic films and discussions by actors who reminisced about working with him
Updated on Mar 28, 2023 08:30 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Trust by Hernan Diaz
Revisiting a novel that might have missed winning the 2022 Booker Prize but is sure to continue to say more each time you read it
Updated on Mar 27, 2023 07:48 PM IST
Rahul Singh
Book Box: How to Avert a Financial Collapse
Explore solutions to a crisis by understanding financial systems with these 6 books. And meet Ashish Chauhan, CEO of the National Stock Exchange, for a bookish conversation
Updated on Mar 28, 2023 02:11 PM IST
Review: One Way to Love by Andaleeb Wajid
In One Way to Love, the first novel of the Jasmine Villa series, the beautiful Tehzeeb Hasan marries the man she falls unexpectedly in love with and goes on to discover the complexities of marriage
Updated on Mar 25, 2023 02:41 PM IST
Neha Kirpal
Interview: Saurabh Kirpal, senior advocate and author
On his new book, speaking truth to power, and why marriage equality still hasn’t been achieved in India
Published on Mar 25, 2023 11:47 AM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar, author, The Partition Trilogy - “We are all villains”
On her fictional recounting of the great migration of 1947 whose aftershocks still haunt the Indian subcontinent
Published on Mar 24, 2023 04:05 PM IST
Simar Bhasin
HT Picks; New Reads
On the reading list this week is a book that looks at the challenges facing Indian women scientists, a memoir that chronicles a lifetime of service to the Tibetan cause, and a volume that ruminates on the influence of the ideas of writers, thinkers, poets and public figures
Published on Mar 24, 2023 04:04 PM IST
HT Team
Review: The Blue Women by Anukrti Upadhyay
Short stories about real women and their complicated relationships with the world and with themselves
Published on Mar 24, 2023 04:02 PM IST
Arunima Mazumdar
Sacred Spirit Festival 2023: A river of music that washed away my inner debris
From Manganiyar musicians, Carnatic vocalists, Mongolian throat singers and Uzbek dancers to Bauls and famous players of the Mohan veena, the Sacred Spirit Festival 2023 was an aural feast
Updated on Mar 23, 2023 08:40 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: The Hills are Burning by Anirban Bhattacharyya
The troubles in the hills of West Bengal in the 1980s and the Gorkhaland agitation there form the backdrop of this coming-of-age tale
Published on Mar 23, 2023 05:13 PM IST
Saleem Rashid Shah
Excerpt: Life and Legend of Bhagat Singh by Chaman Lal
On the 102nd anniversary of the colonial government’s execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, this extract looks at the reaction across the country to the hanging
Updated on Mar 23, 2023 12:49 PM IST
Chaman Lal
Essay: Of avian romance in the Capital
From the loud anthem of the brown-headed barbet to the frenetic dance of the purple sunbird, love is in the air for Delhi’s birds
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 06:18 PM IST
Prerna Jain
Jyoti Patel, The Things That We Lost: ‘This novel was a reflection of real life’
The author who was born in Paris to British Indian parents and now lives in London talks about belonging, a central theme in diasporic literature, and the inheritance of loss that migration engenders
Updated on Mar 20, 2023 08:04 PM IST
Shireen Quadri
Book Box: Fighting the Patriarchs with a Bookstore Crawl in NYC
Uncover the secrets of patriarchal domination in these four books. And meet the amazing Angela Saini, author of the sensational new book on the origins of patriarchy.
Updated on Mar 18, 2023 02:03 PM IST
Essay: On watching The Lying Life of Adults
The Netflix series is possibly better than the Elena Ferrante novel on which it is based
Updated on Mar 17, 2023 07:05 PM IST
Nidhi Dugar Kundalia
HT Picks; New Reads
On the reading list this week is a volume that makes a case for why political speech must be constitutionally protected, a book that examines the President’s role when authoritarian governments are voted into power, and a coming-of-age novel set in troubled times
Published on Mar 17, 2023 05:40 PM IST
HT Team
Interview: Ben Schott, author, Jeeves and the Leap of Faith - “There is a clarity in the way Wodehouse uses words”
When and how did you fall in love with the work of PG Wodehouse?When I was a child, my father used to read to me
Updated on Mar 17, 2023 05:41 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Friends with Benefits; The India-US Story by Seema Sirohi
A new book aims to show that the relationship between India and the US has shifted from being one of mutual suspicion to one of mutual conviviality
Published on Mar 17, 2023 05:36 PM IST
Pravin Sawhney
Review: Maulana Azad; A Life
S Irfan Habib’s biography of Maulana Azad presents his untiring efforts to unite Hindus and Muslims through speeches and writings, and also enlightens the reader about other forgotten Muslim champions of a unified India
Published on Mar 17, 2023 05:35 PM IST
Arun AK
Report: The India Pen Show 2023
Fountain pen enthusiasts, collectors, and sellers of pens, inks, stationery and accessories participated in the event
Updated on Mar 16, 2023 08:04 PM IST
Suhit Bombaywala
