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Review: A Mirror Made of Rain by Naheed Phiroze Patel

Published on May 21, 2021 10:57 PM IST

In this debut novel, families, tied by wealth, opportunity, and secrets of indiscretion, operate as tribes

Catching a reflection of life. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Archive)

Review: Finding the Raga by Amit Chaudhuri

A meditation on singing, music making, listening, and mishearing, Amit Chaudhuri’s new book combines an exploration of music with memoir

A Hindustanic classical recital: Bhimsen Joshi in a photographed dated October 5, 1987. (HT Archive)
Published on May 21, 2021 10:55 PM IST
ByKunal Ray

Review: White as Milk and Rice by Nidhi Dugar Kundalia

An uncommon narrative about six tribes of India including the Halakkis, Kanjars, Kurumbas, Marias, Khasis and the Konyaks, this book constructs an uncommon narrative about their emotional conflict with changing reality

The Nongkrem dance festival is celebrated during autumn at Smit, the cultural centre of the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya. It is part of a five-day long religious festival of the Khasis. (Shutterstock)
Updated on May 20, 2021 11:18 AM IST
BySudhirendar Sharma

Ruskin Bond: Every year on my birthday, I start a new book or a story

Author Ruskin Bond, is out with his new book, All Time Favourites for Children, as he turns 87. Not one to celebrate his birthday, unlike his fans, he says that everyday should be your birthday!

Author Ruskin Bond is all set to ring in his birthday with a new book. (Photo: Pratik Chorge/HT)
Updated on May 19, 2021 01:12 PM IST
ByNaina Arora, New Delhi

Happy birthday, Ruskin Bond: 30 quotes on love, life, happiness by iconic writer

Happy birthday, Ruskin Bond: As India’s most loved storyteller turns 87, here are 30 beautiful quotes by him on love, life, friendship and happiness which will convince you that there is still some beauty in the world despite all the conflicts and lives being lost

Happy birthday, Ruskin Bond: 30 quotes on love, life, happiness by iconic writer(Instagram/ruskinbondofficial/thedelhiwalla)
Updated on May 19, 2021 12:43 PM IST
ByZarafshan Shiraz

Interview: Kripa Bhatia, artist and illustrator

The artist who is based in Mumbai has worked extensively on children’s books. Bombay Ducks, Bombay Docks (with Fleur D’Souza), a children’s book about the original inhabitants of Mumbai, which she illustrated, made it to this year’s Parag Honour List

Artist Kripa Bhatia (Courtesy Kripa B)
Published on May 14, 2021 10:48 PM IST
ByKunal Ray

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s list of good reads includes a novel about Carnatic music and a family secret, a how-to book on exiting your business, and a memoir by a public intellectual and gifted playwright

A novel about a family secret, a book on how to exit your business with minimum remorse, and a memoir by a brilliant playwright and intellectual -- all that on this week’s pick of interesting reads. (HT Team)
Published on May 14, 2021 10:47 PM IST
ByHT Team

Review: Stories I Must Tell by Kabir Bedi

Thoughtful, brave, full of insights about life, occasionally naïve, and utterly honest, Kabir Bedi’s memoir is unlike anything you would expect from a Bollywood personality. But then Bedi, who has worked in Hollywood and continues to be wildly famous in Italy, has always been different from the other stars of his generation

Kabir Bedi and Parveen Babi at the Imperial fora, Rome in 1976. (Giorgio Ambrosi/Mondadori via Getty Images)
Published on May 14, 2021 10:45 PM IST

Review: Neither Settler nor Native by Mahmood Mamdani

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The long road to marginalisation: The Battle of Tippecanoe fought on November 7, 1811 in Indiana Territory. Governor William Henry Harrison commanded the victorious US forces against Tecumseh’s American Indian confederation. (Shutterstock)
Published on May 14, 2021 10:42 PM IST
BySankar Ray

Obituary: Shamim Hanafi, Urdu scholar and critic

A renowned disciple of Firaq Gorakhpuri, Professor Hanafi, who wrote extensively on Ghalib, Iqbal, Meer, Manto, Qurratulain Haider, Meeraji, Intizar Hussain, Premchand, Firaq Gorakhpuri and Akhtarul Iman, put a premium on initiating a cordial collective dialogue through literature

Urdu author, critic, dramatist and poet Shamim Hanafi (Courtesy Shafey Kidwai)
Published on May 12, 2021 02:23 PM IST
ByShafey Kidwai

Meghan Markle to release children's book inspired by Prince Harry, son Archie

It is illustrated by award-winning illustrator Christian Robinson and Meghan will narrate the audiobook edition. The book features a diverse group of fathers and sons and moments they share, according to a statement announcing the release.

In this file photo Meghan, Duchess of Sussex holds her baby son Archie.(AFP)
Published on May 07, 2021 11:31 PM IST
AP | , Los Angeles

Review: The Politician by Devesh Verma

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An election meeting in New Delhi, 1957. (Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Published on May 07, 2021 05:56 PM IST
ByLamat R Hasan

Interview: Jeet Thayil, author, Names of the Women

The author’s new book tells the stories of fifteen women whose lives overlapped with the life of Christ. Here, he talks about how the marginalized are always left out because the story itself is usually told by majoritarian storytellers. Thayil believes this is true of the New Testament too and says he reread it to look for the women in the story

Author Jeet Thayil (Courtesy the publisher)
Published on May 07, 2021 05:55 PM IST
BySimar Bhasin

Review: No Land’s People: The Untold Story of Assam’s NRC Crisis by Abhishek Saha

No Land’s People shines a light on the sheer arbitrariness of the NRC judgments in Assam and the great suffering caused as a result

The grieving parents of Moinal Mollah of Kakdhowa in Bahari village, Assam, who is now in Goalpara Detention Camp. Moinal's parents are Indian but he has been declared a foreigner. (Subhendu Ghosh/Hindustan Times)
Published on May 07, 2021 05:54 PM IST
ByThangkhanlal Ngaihte

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s list of interesting reads includes a document of the life of a musical legend, a novel that plays on the comic possibilities of possession, and a book that recounts what happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989

The reading list this week includes a book on a musical legend, a tale of possession, and Tiananmen Square in 1989 (HT Team)
Updated on May 07, 2021 05:57 PM IST
ByHT Team

Review: One Drop of Blood: The Story of Karbala by Ismat Chughtai

Ismat Chughtai’s last novel, a retelling of the legendary Battle of Karbala, fought in 680 AD, can also be read as a political allegory about the suppression of dissent

The shrine in Karbala, Iraq, of Imam Hussain and his faithful companions martyred in the battle of Karbala in 680 AD (Shutterstock)
Published on May 06, 2021 05:10 PM IST
ByLamat R Hasan

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s list of good reads includes a new volume of poetry, a book on a southern super star, and one on a mighty river

On the reading list this week is a volume of poetry, a book on a wildly popular movie star, and another on one of India’s mightiest rivers. (HT Team)
Published on Apr 30, 2021 04:39 PM IST
ByHT Team

Review: The Hidden Garden - Mir Taqi Mir by Gopi Chand Narang

The Hidden Garden, a new book on Mir Taqi Mir, looks at the Urdu poet’s thematic variations and affirms the multisensory appeal of his ghazals

An illustration published in the Journal Universel, Paris, 1857, of the Rumi Darwaza gateway in Lucknow, the city where Mir spent his last years. (Shutterstock)
Published on Apr 30, 2021 04:37 PM IST
ByShafey Kidwai

Interview: Ashok Ferrey, author, The Unmarriageable Man

Ashok Ferrey’s new book is an exploration of the nature and meaning of love, loss, grief, and of time and memory

Autdhor Ashok Ferrey (Courtesy the publisher)
Published on Apr 30, 2021 04:34 PM IST
ByNawaid Anjum

Review: Mahavir: Conqueror of the Self by Arvind Bhandari

A book that provides insights into the difficult choices Vardhamaan Mahavir had to make as a man, son, husband, father, prince, and as a seeker of liberation from karmic entanglements

Thane’s Jain community celebrates Mahavir Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the 24th Jain Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir, in April 2019. (Praful Gangurde/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Published on Apr 30, 2021 04:32 PM IST
ByChintan Girish Modi

Acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pens heartfelt note on mother's death

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Nigerian author best known for her works like Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, recently lost her mother and the author shared a heartfelt note asking and answering, "How does a heart break twice?"

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie with her mother Grace Ifeoma Adichie(Instagram)
Updated on Apr 30, 2021 04:04 PM IST
By | Edited by Alfea Jamal, Hindustan Times, Delhi

Book review: In and out of step, down memory lane

Former Punjab DGP GS Aujla comes out with a witty collection of anecdotes – personal and professional – on vignettes of Punjab’s history and heritage

Former Punjab director general of police GS Aujla with his book book, In And Out Of Step. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 24, 2021 11:00 PM IST
ByAishwarya Khosla

World Book and Copyright Day 2021: Tahira Kashyap says the lockdown situation has made her write more than before

Talking about the relevance of World Book and Copyright Day, Tahira Kashyap says that this is a very special one for her and one that she cherishes and celebrates.

Tahira Kashyap has penned three books so far.
Published on Apr 22, 2021 02:02 PM IST
ByJuhi Chakraborty

Linguist Peggy Mohan's new book tells the story of India through its languages

"Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its Languages", published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI), is written by noted linguist Peggy Mohan.

Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its Languages(Penguin)
Published on Apr 18, 2021 06:12 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi

Heritage important part of storytelling: Author Sutapa Basu

Storytelling and literature play an important role in preservation of human heritage, culture and diversity and author Sutapa Basu, who is just out with her mystery novel "The Cursed Inheritance" says it is important for writers to contribute more towards conservation of heritage through their stories.

Published on Apr 17, 2021 07:29 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi

Review: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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Murder lurks in the idyllic English countryside (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 17, 2021 03:30 PM IST
ByAnanya Borgohain

HT Picks: New Reads

On this week’s reading list are books on the man who changed badminton in the country, a celebrity memoir, and one on the food and customs of a community that’s dwindling in numbers in India

How one man changed Indian badminton, a celebrity memoir, and a book that looks at food and traditon of a particular community - all that on the list of must reads this week. (HT Team)
Published on Apr 16, 2021 10:40 PM IST
ByHT Team

Interview with Christophe Jaffrelot, co-author, India’s First Dictatorship: The Emergency, 1975-1977

On the political scientist’s new book which tells the story of India’s experience with authoritarian rule under Indira Gandhi

Christophe Jaffrelot (Miriam Perier / Sciences Po)
Published on Apr 16, 2021 10:23 PM IST
ByChintan Girish Modi

Review: Patriarchy and the Pangolin by Aditi Patil

An unapologetically droll account of an agroforestry field research project involving trees, sundry creatures, and the Indian male

All the work and no glory: Women in rural India. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Published on Apr 16, 2021 10:13 PM IST
BySonali Mujumdar

Review: Fractured Freedom - A Prison Memoir by Kobad Ghandy

A moral lesson for modern India, this is a book that shows us that jail need not be the end of activism or the struggle for truth and justice

Kobad Ghandy being taken for a medical check up in New Delhi on 30September, 2009 during his incarceration. (Sonu Mehta/HT)
Published on Apr 16, 2021 09:33 PM IST
ByMahmood Farooqui
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